Sealife guideThe singular bannerfishHeniochus singularius

Last updated on 04/03/2024 at 12:07 AM

Taxonomy

Common name: Singular bannerfish
French name: Poisson cocher malais
Scientific name: Heniochus singularius (Smith & Radcliffe, 1911)
Family name: Chaetodontidae
Order name: Acanthuriformes
Class name: Actinopterygii

Did you know ?

The singular bannerfish is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The singular bannerfish appears in the IUCN Red List since 2010 within the category Least Concern !

The singular bannerfish (Heniochus singularius) © Orlandin | Dreamstime.com

Within the same genus

Horned bannerfish
(Heniochus varius)

Within the same family

Banded butterflyfish
(Chaetodon striatus)

Masked butterflyfish
(Chaetodon semilarvatus)

Melon butterflyfish
(Chaetodon trifasciatus)

Orange banded butterflyfish
(Coradion chrysozonus)

Panda butterflyfish
(Chaetodon adiergastos)

Scrawled butterflyfish
(Chaetodon meyeri)

Two eyed butterflyfish
(Coradion melanopus)

Vagabond butterflyfish
(Chaetodon vagabundus)

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Axelrod's clown blenny
(Ecsenius axelrodi)

Bicolor angelfish
(Centropyge bicolor)

Blackbar soldierfish
(Myripristis jacobus)

Common two-banded seabream
(Diplodus vulgaris)

European flounder
(Platichthys flesus)

Slender filefish
(Monacanthus tuckeri)

Spotted trunkfish
(Lactophrys bicaudalis)

Zigzag wrasse
(Halichoeres scapularis)

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