Red Sea bannerfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Chaetodontidae |
Genus: | Heniochus |
Species: | H. intermedius |
Binomial name | |
Heniochus intermedius Steindachner, 1893 |
The Red Sea bannerfish (Heniochus intermedius) is a Perciform fish which is found in waters around Africa and the Middle East.
This fish is pale yellow below and white above, with two broad diagonal black bands, up to 20cm in length.
In schools as juveniles on coral heads, sometimes with Heniochus diphreutes. Adults usually in monogamous pairs.
Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.