Distribution: from the Red Sea and eastern Africa to southern Japan, Hawaii, the Great Barrier Reef and Lord Howe. One of the most widely distributed butterflyfish.
at Teluk Pauh (Malaysia) © anne
at Two Step (Big Island)
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