Red Sea bannerfish

Red Sea bannerfish

Taxobox
name = Red Sea bannerfish


image_width = 240px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Chaetodontidae
genus = "Heniochus"
species = "H. intermedius"
binomial = "Heniochus intermedius"
binomial_authority = Steindachner, 1893

Description

Pale yellow below and white above, with 2 broad diagonal black bands, up to 20cm in length.Lieske, E. and Myers, R.F. (2004) "Coral reef guide; Red Sea" London, HarperCollins ISBN 0-00-715986-2]

Habitat

In schools as juveniles on coral heads, sometimes with "Heniochus diphreutes". Adults usually in monogamous pairs.

Distribution

Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. [FishBase_species|genus=Heniochus|species=intermedius|year=2007|month=5]

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • List of reef fish of the Red Sea — These Red Sea fish are listed as Reef associated by Fishbase: *Acanthuridae ** Acanthurus gahhm , Black surgeonfish ** Acanthurus mata , Elongate surgeonfish ** Acanthurus nigricans , Whitecheek surgeonfish ** Acanthurus nigrofuscus , Brown… …   Wikipedia

  • Schooling bannerfish — Taxobox name = Schooling bannerfish image width = 240px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Perciformes familia = Chaetodontidae genus = Heniochus species = H. diphreutes binomial = Heniochus diphreutes binomial… …   Wikipedia

  • Heniochus — Taxobox name = Heniochus image width = 240px image caption = Pennant coralfish, Heniochus acuminatus regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Perciformes familia = Chaetodontidae genus = Heniochus genus authority =… …   Wikipedia

  • List of fishes of India — This is a list of the fish species found in India and is based on FishBase. [Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006.FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. [http://www.fishbase.org] , version (05/2006)] AlbuliformesAlbulidae… …   Wikipedia

  • List of marine aquarium fish species — The following list of marine aquarium fish species commonly available in the aquarium trade is not a completely comprehensive list; certain rare specimens may sometimes be available commercially yet not be listed here. A brief section on each,… …   Wikipedia

  • Butterflyfish — This article is about marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae. For unrelated freshwater or African butterflyfish in the family Pantodontidae, see freshwater butterflyfish. Butterflyfish Temporal range: 72–0 Ma …   Wikipedia

  • Coastal fish — Schooling threadfin, a coastal species Coastal fish, also called offshore fish or neritic fish, are fish that inhabit the sea between the shoreline and the edge of the continental shelf. Since the continental shelf is usually less than 200 metres …   Wikipedia

  • Maldives — Republic of Maldives ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ (Dhivehi Raa jeyge Jumhooriyya) …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”