Distribution: from Sri Lanka to Southern Japan, Hawaii, Marquesas, Lord Howe and Rapa. Common in Hawaii, Micronesia and French Polynesia.
Sometimes confused with Chaetodon meyeri.
at Jemeluk Beach (Indonesia) © paradis974
at Tetamanu/Fakarava South Pass (Tuamotu Islands)
at Jemeluk Beach (Indonesia) © louis-thuia
at Hilton Moorea (Tahiti and the Society Islands) © mikalm
at Pandan Island (Philippines) © manceau
at Plage Vaiava (PK18) (Tahiti and the Society Islands) © globetrekker-az
at Faifai Beach (Guam)
at Kapalua Bay (Maui) © creach
at Bunaken Timur (Indonesia)
at Kahalu’u Bay (Big Island) © carolb
at Captain Cook Monument (Big Island)
at Ahihi Kinau (Maui)
at Hilton Moorea (Tahiti and the Society Islands)
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