Distribution: présent in all tropical seas, excepted the Eastern Pacific. In the Indo-Pacific, ranges from the Red Sea and East Africa to Hawaii and Marquesas. In the Atlantic, found from Massachusetts and Bermuda to Brazil, including the Caribbean Sea, and along West Africa coasts.
at Puerto Morelos (Mexico) © philippe-seve
at Sataya Resort (Egypt) © anne
at Lady Elliot Island (Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef) © skinsmom
at The Underwater Restaurant (Israel)
at Shoal Bay Beach (Anguilla) © nst56
at Blue Heron Bridge – Phil Foster Park (Florida)
at Garden Bay (Egypt) © pascale
at Récif Attitude (Mauritius) © roze
at Point of Sand (Cayman Islands) © nst56
at Anse à la Barque (Guadeloupe) © bruno56
at Fowl Cay Restoration Reef (Bahamas) © bigdog
at Wreck of the Sapona (Bahamas) © bigdog
at Malendure (Guadeloupe) © fabien
at Smith’s Reef (Turks and Caicos Islands) © misting2
at Port Launay (Seychelles) © nst56
at Wakatobi Resort (Indonesia) © nst56
at Sugar Beach (Saint Lucia) © nst56
at West Bay (Roatán) © nst56
at Cayo Alcatracito (Cuba) © cailly-bruno
at Puerto Morelos (Mexico)
at The Split (Belize)
at Akumal (Mexico)
at Pigeon Islands (Guadeloupe) © pandiboo
at Playa Estrella (Panama) © jc_mara
at Pigeon Islands (Guadeloupe) © aurelie
at Tobago Cays (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) © tinoumer
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