White-banded triggerfish, Picasso triggerfish, Picassofish
Distribution: from the Red Sea and East Africa to Southern Japan, Hawaii, Marquesas, Tuamotu, the Great Barrier Reef and Lord Howe.
May be confused with Rhinecanthus verrucosus, Rhinecanthus rectangulus and Rhinecanthus assasi.
at Toopua Sharks Sandbank (Tahiti and the Society Islands)
at Ukulhas (Maldives) © stephakers1
at Waialea (69) Beach (Big Island) © honunui
at Tetamanu/Fakarava South Pass (Tuamotu Islands)
at Lagon de Saint-Leu (Réunion Island) © fred00
at Trou-aux-Biches (Mauritius) © mibouvet
at Kosi Bay Mouth Aquarium Reef (South Africa) © remora
at Hilton Moorea (Tahiti and the Society Islands) © automated_house
at Flat Island & Gabriel Island (Mauritius) © mcpeff
at Hilton Moorea (Tahiti and the Society Islands) © mikalm
at Lagon de Saint-Leu (Réunion Island) © phildd
at Lagon de l’Hermitage (Réunion Island) © phildd
at Flic en Flac (Mauritius) © anne
at Nanatha Bay (Mozambique) © manceau
at Wakatobi Resort (Indonesia) © nst56
at Lagon de l’Hermitage (Réunion Island)
at Lagon de Trou d’Eau (Réunion Island)
at Plage des Roches Noires (Réunion Island)
at Lagon de Saint-Leu (Réunion Island)
at InterContinental Resort Tahiti (Tahiti and the Society Islands) © globetrekker-az
at Green Island (Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef)
at Ile aux Bénitiers (Mauritius) © phildd
at Dhiffushi (Maldives) © phildd
at Baie de Jinek (New Caledonia)
at Tetamanu/Fakarava South Pass (Tuamotu Islands) © subdadyves
at Dhonveli (Maldives) © hampestampe1981
at Lady Elliot Island (Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef)
at Tunnels Beach (Kauai)
at Lagon de l’Hermitage (Réunion Island) © migloo974
at Ama Beach (Japan)
at Aharen Beach (Japan)
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