Heniochus pleurotaenia Indian Ocean Bannerfish, Phantom Bannerfish, Phantom Bannerfish

Heniochus pleurotaenia is commonly referred to as Indian Ocean Bannerfish, Phantom Bannerfish, Phantom Bannerfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

1542 

AphiaID:

276749 

Scientific:

Heniochus pleurotaenia 

German:

Indischer-Horn-Wimpfelfisch 

English:

Indian Ocean Bannerfish, Phantom Bannerfish, Phantom Bannerfish 

Category:

Bannerfishes 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

Ahl, 1923 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Java, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Thailand 

Sea depth:

1 - 25 Meter 

Size:

up to 6.69" (17 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 

Food:

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

Tank:

219.98 gal (~ 1000L)  

Difficulty:

Average 

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:

2005-06-05 12:10:33 

Last edit:

2019-09-09 22:07:19 

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