Longfin Bannerfish
Heniochus acuminatus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Acanthuriformes
- Family
- Chaetodontidae
- Genus
- Heniochus
Where to Find
Found in 54 diving areas across 33 countries and 6 regions.
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 49 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 2 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 48 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 8 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 2 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 7 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 5 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 7 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 11 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 6 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 4 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 5 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 2 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 13 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 2 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 9 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 2 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 3 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 4 records
- Jeju Island, South Korea - 2 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 2 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 2 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 3 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 4 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 2 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 5 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 5 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 29 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 1 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 24 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 7 records
- Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 4 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 6 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 1 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 8 records
- Dahlak Archipelago, Eritrea - 1 records
- Eilat, Israel - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 7 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 5 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 1 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 2 records
- Siargao, Philippines - 2 records
- Subic Bay, Philippines - 14 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 8 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 5 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 8 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 2 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 8 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 5 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 2 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 2 records