Distribution: from the Red Sea and Eastern Africa to Southern Japan, Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Caledonia. Also present in Eastern Pacific Ocean, from Costa Rica to Panama and the Galápagos Islands. Very common in Maldives and the Galápagos.
at Pinzón Island (Galápagos Islands)
at Lady Elliot Island (Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef) © skinsmom
at Anse Petite Cour (Seychelles) © paradis974
at Playa Penca (Costa Rica) © brian
at Turquoise Bay (Western Australia) © valdurlec
at Los Túneles (Galápagos Islands) © bruno56
at Îlot Maître (New Caledonia) © fongi
at Îlot Amédée (New Caledonia) © fongi
at Îlot Signal (New Caledonia) © fongi
at Îlot Redika (New Caledonia) © fongi
at Club Med Seychelles (Seychelles) © nst56
at Granito de Oro (Panama) © nicoleguillemin
at Biyadhoo (Maldives) © chris-burton
at Pinzón Island (Galápagos Islands) © jc_mara
at Los Túneles (Galápagos Islands) © jc_mara
at Vilamendhoo (Maldives) © dominique
at Dhonveli (Maldives) © hampestampe1981
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