Distribution: from East Africa to South Japan, Marshall Islands, Kiribati and the Great Barrier Reef.
Sometimes confused with Chaetodon ornatissimus.
at Embudu (Male Atolls) © manceau
at Wakatobi Dive Resort (Indonesia) © nst56
at Lagon de Trou d’Eau (Réunion Island)
at Biyadhoo (Male Atolls) © chris-burton
at Vilamendhoo (Ari Atoll) © dominique
at Lagon de Saint-Pierre (Réunion Island)
at Blue Bay (Mauritius) © andrew
at Baie Lazare (Mahé)
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