Heniochus monoceros Bannerfish, Masked Bannerfish, Masked Bannerfish, Masked Coachman, Pennant Coralfish, Unicorn Pennant Coralfish, Three-banded Bull-fish

Heniochus monoceros is commonly referred to as Bannerfish, Masked Bannerfish, Masked Bannerfish, Masked Coachman, Pennant Coralfish, Unicorn Pennant Coralfish, Three-banded Bull-fish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Pour aquariophiles éprouvés. A aquarium size of at least 1300 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

1417 

AphiaID:

218764 

Scientific:

Heniochus monoceros 

German:

Masken-Wimpelfisch 

English:

Bannerfish, Masked Bannerfish, Masked Bannerfish, Masked Coachman, Pennant Coralfish, Unicorn Pennant Coralfish, Three-banded Bull-fish 

Category:

Poissons-Cochers 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Chaetodontidae (Family) > Heniochus (Genus) > monoceros (Species) 

Initial determination:

Cuvier, 1831 

Occurrence:

Djibouti, Eritrea, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Caroline Island, China, Christmas Islands, Comores, Cook Islands, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), East Africa, Eastern Indian Ocean, Fiji, French Polynesia, Gambier Islands, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Johnston Atoll, Kenya, Kiribati, Lord Howe Island, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, New South Wales (Australia), Niue, Norfolk Island, Ogasawara Islands, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Phoenix Islands, Pitcairn Islands, Queensland (Australia), Raja Amat, Red Sea, Réunion , Rodriguez, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Tahiti, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, The Ryukyu Islands, the Seychelles, the Society Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Australia, Western Indian Ocean, Western Pacific Ocean, Yemen 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

2 - 30 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs 

Size:

up to 9.45" (24 cm) 

Weight:

299 g 

Temperature:

24,7 °F - 29,3 °F (24,7°C - 29,3°C) 

Food:

Brine Shrimps, Flakes, Frozen Food (large sort), Mysis 

Tank:

285.97 gal (~ 1300L)  

Difficulty:

Pour aquariophiles éprouvés 

Offspring:

Possible to breed 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Heniochus acuminatus
  Rotmeer-Wimpelfisch, Gemeiner Wimpelfisch
• 
  Heniochus chrysostomus
  Pazifik-Wimpelfisch
• 
  Heniochus diphreutes
  Schwarm-Wimpelfisch
• 
  Heniochus intermedius
  Rotmeer Wimpelfisch
• 
  Heniochus monoceros
  Masken-Wimpelfisch
• 
  Heniochus pleurotaenia
  Phantom Wimpelfisch
• 
  Heniochus singularius
  Malayen-Wimpelfisch
• 
  Heniochus varius
  Schwarzer Wimpelfisch, Seebulle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2005-04-23 18:02:37 

Last edit:

2023-10-27 12:34:29 

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