Bannerfish
Chaetodontidae a large family comprising butterflyfish and bannerfish are some of the most beautiful and colored reef fish.
Bannerfish. Genera are listed in order of the presumed phylogeny from the most ancient to the youngest. The dorsal filament which is white grows as the fish matures and trails behind the fish when it swims. The schooling bannerfish heniochus diphreutes looks very similar but can be distinguished by a more rounded profile under the head and a shorter snout.
It s a good sized fish that can attain a length of almost 10 inches 25 cm in the wild though it is more common at about 6 8 inches 15 20 cm in the aquarium. Longfin bannerfish have a white body with two black oblique bands yellow dorsal tail and pectoral fins and a straight black line between the eyes. Mike fishlore admin social media.
Froese rainer and daniel pauly eds. These might be considered tribes but have not been formally named. The snout of this banner fish is longer and the pelvic fin rounder than the schooling bannerfish.
They are among the most common sights on reefs throughout the world especially at low depth. This is a graceful butterflyfish with a beautiful and unusual appearance. Length 25cm depth 2 175m widespread indo pacific butterflyfishes have very fine hair like teeth that enable them to pick out small organisms inaccessible to most other fish for eating.
The second black band is located further forward on the anal fin and there is an additional dorsal fin spine 12 vs 11. Updated august 6 2019 author. The black and white heniochus heniochus acuminatus is a real eye catcher.
Its background color is white with two large black diagonal bands. The heniochus species are often lumped in with the buttefly fishes but the heniochus species are usually much easier to care for than most of the butterfly species. The longfin bannerfish can be a good choice given the proper aquarium setup.
The bannerfish coralfish lineage can be further divided in two groups. Some of the most beautiful coral reefs fish. Butterflyfish and bannerfish species identification guide.
Juveniles and adults are very similar to each other.
