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 Granito de Oro (Panama) © nicoleguillemin
at Biyadhoo (Male Atolls) © chris-burton
at Pinzón (Santa Cruz Island) © jc_mara
at Los Túneles (Isabela Island) © jc_mara
at Vilamendhoo (Ari Atoll) © dominique
at Dhonveli (Male Atolls) © hampestampe1981
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