Horned Bannerfish
Heniochus varius
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 35 diving areas across 17 countries and 5 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 11 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 7 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 191 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 1 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 8 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 5 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 30 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 47 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 17 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 25 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 227 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 86 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 49 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 31 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 43 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 19 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 24 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 25 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 4 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- Anilao, Philippines - 22 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 12 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 28 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 8 records
- Malapascua, Philippines - 4 records
- Siargao, Philippines - 2 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 8 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 29 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 33 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 39 records