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.
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 (Male Atolls) © chris-burton
at Kahalu’u Bay (Big Island) © carolb
at Two Step (Big Island)
at Captain Cook Monument (Big Island)
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