Distribution: from the Red Sea and Eastern Africa to Southern Japan, Hawaii, Easter Island and Lord Howe.
Coloration of the juveniles is variable (including yellow, orange, brown or green), grey-brown in terminal phase.
at Shams Alam Beach Resort (Egypt) © bruno56
at Siladen (Indonesia) © paradis974
at Denis Island (Seychelles) © pipouss
at Abu Dabbab (Egypt) © bruno56
at Wakatobi Resort (Indonesia)
at The Canyon (Egypt) © anne
at Hilton Moorea (Tahiti and the Society Islands) © nst56
at Blue Hole Dahab (Egypt) © anne
at Club Med Seychelles (Seychelles) © nst56
at El Nido – Tour C (Philippines) © jc_mara
at Wakatobi Resort (Indonesia) © nst56
at Bunaken Timur (Indonesia)
at Lagon de l’Hermitage (Réunion Island)
at Lagon de la Saline (Réunion Island)
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