Distribution: from Sri Lanka to Southern Japan, Hawaii, Marquesas, Lord Howe and Rapa. Common in Hawaii, Micronesia and French Polynesia.
Sometimes confused with Chaetodon meyeri.
at Jemeluk Beach (Ornate butterflyfish) © paradis974
at Tetamanu/Fakarava South Pass (Ornate butterflyfish)
at Jemeluk Beach (Ornate butterflyfish) © louis-thuia
at Hilton Moorea (Ornate butterflyfish) © mikalm
at Pandan Island (Ornate butterflyfish) © manceau
at Plage Vaiava (PK18) (Ornate butterflyfish) © globetrekker-az
at Faifai Beach (Ornate butterflyfish)
at Kapalua Bay (Ornate butterflyfish) © creach
at Bunaken Timur (Ornate butterflyfish)
at Kahalu’u Bay (Ornate butterflyfish) © carolb
at Captain Cook Monument (Ornate butterflyfish)
at Ahihi Kinau (Ornate butterflyfish)
at Hilton Moorea (Ornate butterflyfish)
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