Heniochus singularius Singular Bannerfish

Heniochus singularius is commonly referred to as Singular Bannerfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 2000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

1418 

AphiaID:

218766 

Scientific:

Heniochus singularius 

German:

Malayen-Wimpelfisch 

English:

Singular Bannerfish 

Category:

Bannerfishes 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

Smith & Radcliffe, 1911 

Occurrence:

Hong Kong, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bali, Borneo (Kalimantan), China, Christmas Islands, Fiji, Guam, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Lesser Sunda Islands, Lombok, Malaysia, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New South Wales (Australia), Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Raja Amat, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Taiwan, Thailand, The Bangai Archipelago, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), The Ryukyu Islands, Timor, Togean Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Australia 

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 - 250 Meter 

Habitats:

Coastal waters, Coral reefs, Inshore, Lagoons, Reef slopes, Reef-associated, Seaward facing reefs, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 11.81" (30 cm) 

Temperature:

77 °F - 84.2 °F (25°C - 29°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Carnivore, Coral polyps = corallivorous, Zoobenthos 

Tank:

439.96 gal (~ 2000L)  

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

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
  Indischer-Horn-Wimpfelfisch
• 
  Heniochus singularius
  Malayen-Wimpelfisch
• 
  Heniochus varius
  Schwarzer Wimpelfisch, Seebulle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2005-04-23 18:08:41 

Last edit:

2025-01-02 14:39:27 

Info

Pictures

Commonly

1

1

1

1

Husbandry know-how of owners