Schooling Bannerfish
The schooling bannerfish (or Heniochus diphreutes) is a marine fish found across the Indo-Pacific region, ranging from the eastern coast of Africa and the Red Sea to the central Pacific, including Indonesia, Australia, and Hawaii. It inhabits outer reef slopes and lagoons where it forms large, active schools in open water.
The species has a white body with two bold black vertical bands, yellow tail and dorsal fin, and a long, trailing extension on the dorsal fin.
Adults grow to an average length of 15cm to 20cm.
Heniochus diphreutes
Aquarium needs
- Temperature
- 24 °C – 28 °C (tolerable 20 °C – 32 °C)
- Plant cover
- 20%–60%
- Shoal size
- 40–60
- Deep water
- 50 m² + 15 m² per additional adult
- Water
- Saltwater
- Food
- Copepods + Algae Pellets
- Food cost, grade 1 / 2 / 3
- $121 / $165 / $165
- Lifespan
- 10 yr
- Breeds in
- Summer
Overview
- Scientific name
- Heniochus diphreutes
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
- Shoal size
- 40 – 60
- Deep water
- 50 m² + 15 m² per additional adult
- Temperature
- 24 °C – 28 °C
- Water
- Saltwater
- Biome
- Reef