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Pyramid butterflyfish

Hemitaurichthys polylepis

Pyramid butterflyfish

Distribution: from Cocos Islands to southern Japan, Hawaii, Pitcairn and New Caledonia.

Replaced by looking-like Hemitaurichthys zoster in the Indian Ocean.

Spots where Hemitaurichthys polylepis has been spotted by snorkelers

Hemitaurichthys polylepis snorkeling pictures

at Wakatobi Resort (Indonesia)
© nst56

at Two Step (Big Island)

at Bunaken Timur (Indonesia)

at Siladen (Indonesia)

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