Heniochus

Heniochus
	Pennant coralfish, Heniochus acuminatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Chaetodontidae
Genus:	Heniochus; G. Cuvier, 1816
Type species
	Chaetodon macrolepidotus; Linnaeus, 1758[1]
Synonyms[1]
	Diphreutes Cantor, 1849; Taurichthys Cuvier 1829;

Heniochus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, butterflyfishes from the family Chaetodontidae. They are native to the Indo-Pacific. Though very similar in appearance to the Moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus), the members of this genus are not closely related to it.

Characteristics

Heniochus species are distinguished within the Chaetodontidae by having the fourth spine in the dorsal fin elongated, or even forming a filament. The supraorbital crests in adults have spines or horn-like protruberances. They normally have a hump, or at least a robust bony on the nape.[2]

Etymology

Heniochus is Greek for a “carriage driver” or “coachman” and is a reference to the long, filamentous 4th dorsal spine of these fish, resembling the whip of a coachman.[3]

Species

There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:[4]

Heniochus acuminatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pennant coralfish)
Heniochus chrysostomus G. Cuvier, 1831 (Threeband pennantfish)
Heniochus diphreutes D. S. Jordan, 1903 (False moorish idol)
Heniochus intermedius Steindachner, 1893 (Red Sea bannerfish)
Heniochus monoceros G. Cuvier, 1831 (Masked bannerfish)
Heniochus pleurotaenia C. G. E. Ahl, 1923 (Phantom bannerfish)
Heniochus singularius H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1911 (Singular bannerfish)
Heniochus varius (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Horned bannerfish)

Pictorial identification

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Chaetodontidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
R. Pyle (2001). Kent E. Carpenter; Volker H. Niem (eds.). "CHAETODONTIDAE" (PDF). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. FAO, Rome. ISBN 92-5-104302-7.
Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (21 July 2020). "Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 1): Families LOBOTIDAE, POMACANTHIDAE, DREPANEIDAE and CHAETODONTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Heniochus in FishBase. February 2013 version.

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[CofF-1] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Chaetodontidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 November 2020.

[FAO-2] R. Pyle (2001). Kent E. Carpenter; Volker H. Niem (eds.). "CHAETODONTIDAE" (PDF). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. FAO, Rome. ISBN 92-5-104302-7.

[ETYFish-3] Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (21 July 2020). "Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 1): Families LOBOTIDAE, POMACANTHIDAE, DREPANEIDAE and CHAETODONTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 24 November 2020.

[4] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Heniochus in FishBase. February 2013 version.