Distribution: from East Africa to India, the Andaman Sea and Mauritius. Common in the Maldives.
Replaced by looking-like Hemitaurichthys polylepis in the Pacific Ocean.
at Cap Lahoussaye (Réunion Island) © paradis974
at Biyadhoo (Maldives) © chris-burton
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