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monoceros
Updated 4/7/2020
Family Chaetodontidae
INDO-WEST PACIFIC
Heniochus monoceros
Palau |
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MASKED BANNERFISH
Oni-hatatatedai
Uncommon and skittish, it prefers coral reefs & lagoons to 130
feet. Feeds upon coral polyps. Solid black
scales, yellow anal fin, and interrupted black bar on face. The
black central bar in H.
singularius is diffuse with white scale centers. Attains 12 inches.
East Africa to Japan and Pitcairn Island, waifs at mesophotic depth in Hawai'i. |
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