Common banner fish
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Common banner fish ( Heniochus acuminatus ) |
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The common banner fish ( Heniochus acuminatus ) is a species from the butterfly fish family .
The fish has a white, high-backed and laterally flattened body. It is characterized by the front part of the dorsal fin, drawn out into a long white flag, and the two black horizontal stripes. The caudal fin and the posterior soft-rayed part of the dorsal fin are yellow.
The common banner fish can reach a length of up to 25 cm. He lives alone, in pairs or in small groups in the Indo-Pacific to the Marshall Islands . It can only be found on reefs near the coast.
Banner fish feed on zooplankton.
The attractively colored common banner fish is often seen in public marine aquariums.
literature
- Roger C. Steene: Butterfly and Angelfish, Volume 1 , 1977, Mergus Verlag, ISBN 3-88244-001-5
- Helmut Debelius , Rudie H. Kuiter : Falterfische, Chaetodontidae , 2003, Ulmer Verlag, ISBN 3-8001-4243-0
- Hans A. Baensch , Robert Patzner: Mergus Sea Water Atlas Volume 6 , Mergus-Verlag, Melle, ISBN 3-88244-116-X
Web links
Commons : Common banner fish ( Heniochus acuminatus ) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Common banner fish on Fishbase.org (English)
- Heniochus acuminatus inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Listed by: Rocha, LA, Pyle, R., Craig, MT, Pratchett, M. & Carpenter, KE, 2009. Retrieved February 8, 2014.