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Bannerfishes
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Bannerfishes

Heniochus

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.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species

Longfin Bannerfish

speciesHeniochus acuminatus

Pennant Bannerfish

speciesHeniochus chrysostomus

Humphead Bannerfish

speciesHeniochus varius

Red Sea Bannerfish

speciesHeniochus intermedius

Schooling Bannerfish

speciesHeniochus diphreutes

Masked Bannerfish

speciesHeniochus monoceros

Singular Bannerfish

speciesHeniochus singularius

Phantom Bannerfish

speciesHeniochus pleurotaenia

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 88840.