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The schooling bannerfish is a small fish that can reach a maximum length of 18–21 cm. [2] [3] Its body is compressed laterally, and the first rays of its dorsal fin stretch in a long white filament. Its background color is white with two large black diagonal bands. Beyond the second black stripe, the dorsal, caudal fins and pectoral fins are ...
Heniochus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, butterflyfishes from the family Chaetodontidae. They are native to the Indo-Pacific . Though very similar in appearance to the Moorish idol ( Zanclus cornutus ) , the members of this genus are not closely related to it.
The masked bannerfish is a small-sized fish that can reach a maximum length of 23 cm. [3] [4] Its body is compressed laterally, the first rays of its dorsal fin stretch in a white filament outlined with yellow. The background body color is white with two black vertical bands.
In the adults the body between the black bands has a fine reticulated pattern. [2] There is a bony bump on the head. [3] The dorsal fin contains 11-12 spines and 25-27 soft rays while the anal fin has 3 spines and 17-18 soft rays. This species attains a maximum total length of 30 centimetres (12 in) [4] and is the largest species of the genus ...
Heniochus chrysostomus is a small-sized fish that can reach a maximum length of 18 cm. [2] The body is laterally strongly flattened, with a basic white color and three broad oblique brown bands. The first dark brown band runs from the forehead up to the ventral fins, the second from the dorsal fin to the anal fin , the third is adjacent to the ...
Beyond the second black stripe, the dorsal and the caudal fins are yellow. The pectoral fins are also yellow. The head is white, the eyes are black and linked together by a black band. The snout, spotted with black, is a bit stretched with a small terminal protractile (it can be extend) mouth.
The Red Sea bannerfish (Heniochus intermedius) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish from the family Chaetodontidae. It is found in the western Indian Ocean. It has been recorded as an introduced species off Florida and as a Lessepsian migrant in the eastern Mediterranean Sea off Turkey.
Heniochus varius, the horned bannerfish or humphead bannerfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae, native from the central Indo-Pacific area.