Species: Heniochus intermedius, Red sea bannerfish
head black bar covers eye
knob over each eye
1st body bar origin before D filament
2nd body origin under D filament
Heniochus intermedius Steindacher, 1893
Red Sea bannerfish
Body round, strongly compressed; snout projecting in a moderate sized tube, 33-40% head length; adults with a small pointed knob over each eye; dorsal fin XI, 25-26, with long filament based on 4th spine, rays longer than posterior spines; anal fin III, 17-18; pectorals 15-16; 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 under dorsal fin banner to top rear corner of anal fin; dorsal fin with soft dorsal, tail and anal fins yellow; pelvics black.
Reaches 20 cm
Lives on coral reefs
Depth range 3-50 m
Red Sea; introduced to SE 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 only
- Habitat
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- 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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- Omnivore
- Corallivore
- Data
- Carnivore
- Ectoparasite cleaner
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Zooplankton
- Hard corals
- Data
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- Data
- Pelagic
- Global Endemism
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- Exotic (Introduced)
- All species.
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Exotic (Introduced)
- GC non-endemic
- All species..
- 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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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 20
- Depth Range Min
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- 3
- Depth Range Max
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- 50
