Red Sea chevron butterflyfish
Distribution: endemic to the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. Easy to spot when snorkeling Egypt and Jordan.
Replaced by Chaetodon madagaskariensis in the Indian Ocean, Chaetodon xanthurus in Southeast Asia, and Chaetodon mertensii in the Pacific Ocean.
at Sataya Resort (Egypt) © anne
at Temple Reef (Egypt) © anne
at Shams Alam Beach Resort (Egypt) © bruno56
at Marsa El Nabaa (Egypt) © anne
at Coraya Bay (Egypt) © paradis974
at Abu Dabbab (Egypt) © bruno56
at South Beach (Jordan)
at Migdalor Beach (Israel)
at Utopia Beach Club (Egypt) © bruno56
at Coraya Bay (Egypt) © lesli
at Blue Hole Dahab (Egypt)
at Gordon Reef (Egypt)
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