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Pennantfish (Heniochus diphreutes)
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Chaetodontidae

Pennantfish

Heniochus diphreutes

Chaetodontid Fish in the Hawaiian Islands

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • East Asia
  • Oceania
  • South Asia
  • Southeast Asia
  • Deep-bodied
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Pennantfish is known around Indo-Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the largest recorded length is 21 cm.

Maximum length
21 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea to South Africa, Réunion, Mauritius, Seychelles and Maldives; elsewhere to Indonesia, Japan, Australia and Hawaii; absent in much of Oceania..
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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