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Chaetodon lunula

Raccoon butterflyfish

Distribution: from eastern Africa to southern Japan, Hawaii, Marquesas, Rapa and Lord Howe. It is one of the most common and easy-to-spot butterflyfish.

Replaced by looking-like Chaetodon fasciatus in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

Spots where Chaetodon lunula has been spotted by snorkelers

Chaetodon lunula snorkeling pictures

at Hilton Moorea (Tahiti and the Society Islands)
© automated_house

at Hilton Moorea (Tahiti and the Society Islands)
© nst56

at Nanatha Bay (Mozambique)
© manceau

at Grande Anse Rocky Pool (Réunion Island)

at Tahiti Ia Ora Beach Resort (Tahiti and the Society Islands)
© aurelie

at Biyadhoo (Maldives)
© chris-burton

at Kahalu’u Bay (Big Island)
© carolb

at Two Step (Big Island)

at Captain Cook Monument (Big Island)

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