The yellow-edged lyretail is has an Indo-Pacific distribution and is found from the east coast of Africa where it occurs from Durban in South Africa to the Red Sea through the tropical Indian Ocean east into the Pacific Ocean where it occurs as far north as southern Japan, south to Australia and east to the Pitcairn Islands.
The yellow-edged lyretail is has a tropical Indo-Pacific distribution, ranging from Africa's eastern coast to Australia, including South Africa, the Red Sea, India, Japan, and the Pacific Islands.