This species can be found from the Red Sea to South Africa and east to southern Japan, the Philippines, Australia and New Caledonia. Also found around the Galapagos IslandsWoRMS and now seen in rare instances in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.Atlas of Exotic Fishes in the Mediterranean Sea (Cyclichthys spilostylus). 2nd Edition. 2021. 366p. CIESM Publishers, Paris, Monaco.https://ciesm.org/atlas/fishes_2nd_edition/Cyclichthys_spilostylus.pdf
