Distribution: from the Red Sea and Eastern Africa to Japan, Hawaii, Marquesas and Rapa. One of the most distributed and common butterflyfish, easy to spot when snorkeling the Indo-Pacific.
Red Sea population lacks the black eyespot on the dorsal fin.
at Toopua Sharks Sandbank (Tahiti and the Society Islands)
at Lady Elliot Island (Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef) © skinsmom
at Shams Alam Beach Resort (Egypt) © bruno56
at Coraya Bay (Egypt) © paradis974
at Matira Beach (Tahiti and the Society Islands)
at Barcelo Tiran Sharm (Egypt) © mallet
at Princess Beach (Israel)
at Marsa Mubarak (Egypt) © bruno56
at Lagon de l’Hermitage (Réunion Island) © phildd
at Hanauma Bay (Oahu) © ajvessen
at Ras Katy (Egypt) © fabien
at Blue Hole Dahab (Egypt) © anne
at InterContinental Bora Bora Thalasso Spa (Tahiti and the Society Islands) © mikalm
at Port Launay (Seychelles) © nst56
at Wakatobi Resort (Indonesia) © nst56
at Lagon de l’Hermitage (Réunion Island) © tamaris
at Aroa Marine Reserve (Cook Islands) © adventureswithambrose
at Plage de Tiahura (Tahiti and the Society Islands) © maupiti60
at Ras Um Sid / El Fanar Beach (Egypt)
at Aharen Beach (Japan)
at Kahalu’u Bay (Big Island) © carolb
at Lagon de la Saline (Réunion Island) © tiffany4545
at Etang Salé (Réunion Island) © danode
at Lagon de l’Hermitage (Réunion Island) © danode
at Flat Island & Gabriel Island (Mauritius) © aurelie
at Hanauma Bay (Oahu)
at Lagon de la Saline (Réunion Island)
at Motu Fareone (Tahiti and the Society Islands)
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