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Horned bannerfish (Heniochus varius)
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Horned bannerfish (Heniochus varius) specimen
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Chaetodontidae

Horned bannerfish

Heniochus varius

Fish Reaching Nineteen Centimeters in the Eastern Indian Ocean

  • Black
  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • East Asia
  • Oceania
  • Southeast Asia
  • Deep-bodied
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Horned bannerfish is a marine fish of Pacific Ocean. The species occupies marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 19 cm.

Maximum length
19 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
Distribution
Pacific Ocean: Indonesia to the Society Islands, north to southern Japan, south to Rowley Shoals and New Caledonia; throughout Micronesia. Reported from Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean (Ref. 5439 ). Replaced by Heniochus pleurotaenia in the Indian Ocean (Ref. 37816 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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