Western Indian Ocean: known only from East London, South Africa to Madagascar and Reunion. Probably in Mozambique (Ref. 5213).
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Heemstra, P.C. and J.E. Randall 1986 Serranidae. p. 509-537. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4319)
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