Species: Heniochus diphreutes, Pennant bannerfish, Schooling coachman, Schooling bannerfish
snout short
1st body bar origin before D filament
2nd body bar origin just behind D filament
Heniochus diphreutes Jordan, 1903
Schooling bannerfish, Pennant bannerfish, Schooling coachman
Body round, strongly compressed; snout projecting relatively short, 27-31% head length; head without horns or knobs;breast profile rounded; dorsal fin XII, 23-25, with long filament based on 4th spine, rays longer than posterior spines; anal fin III, 17-19; pectorals 16-18; tail fin truncate; lateral line complete, ends at base of tail fin, 40-60 scales.
Head and body white; front of body with dark bar from front of dorsal fin before 4th spine fin-banner, down nape and through pectoral and pelvic fins; snout dark; rear of body with an oblique dark bar from just behind dorsal fin banner to rear corner of anal fin; soft dorsal and tail yellow; anal fin white; pelvics black.
Reaches 21 cm
Lives on reefs; often in large schools.
Depth range 5-215 m, usually < 30m
Indo-central Pacific; introduced to southeast Florida
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom + water column
- Near Bottom
- Habitat
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- Water column
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- Corals
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Ectoparasite cleaner
- Planktivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Ectoparasites
- Data
- Zooplankton
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- Exotic (Introduced)
- All species.
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- All species..
- Exotic (Introduced)
- GC non-endemic
- Residency
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- Vagrant
- Climate Zone
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- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 21
- Depth Range Min
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- 5
- Depth Range Max
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- 215
