Distribution: from the Red Sea and South Africa to Southern Japan, Hawaii, the Tuamotu Islands and New Caledonia.
Juveniles are brown with thin vertical bars, females are brown or yellow, males are dark-gray or dark-brown with a white head and a red-orange back.
at Teluk Keke (Malaysia) © bruno56
at Sofitel Moorea (Tahiti and the Society Islands)
at Aow Leuk (Thailand) © anne
at Denis Island (Seychelles) © pipouss
at Abu Dabbab (Egypt) © bruno56
at Hin Wong (Thailand) © anne
at Wakatobi Resort (Indonesia)
at Pasir Panjang (Malaysia) © anne
at Melina Beach (Malaysia) © anne
at Makadi Bay North (Egypt) © mandtj
at Tanote Bay (Thailand) © anne
at Anse La Farine (Seychelles) © gcampagnaro
at Utopia Beach Club (Egypt) © bruno56
at Blue Bay (Mauritius) © mcpeff
at Ras Um Sid / El Fanar Beach (Egypt) © anne
at Tetamanu/Fakarava South Pass (Tuamotu Islands) © maupiti60
at Motu Fareone (Tahiti and the Society Islands) © maupiti60
at Félicité Island (Seychelles) © nicoleguillemin
at Nggatirana / Evis Resort (Solomon Islands) © mluzvieira
at Félicité Island (Seychelles)
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