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Updated 4/7/2020

Family Chaetodontidae

TROPICAL PACIFIC

Heniochus varius



Palau

Kuata, Fiji

Wakatobi, Indonesia

Juvenile, Pago Pago, Am. Samoa, 45 feet

HUMPHEAD BANNERFISH    Tsuno-hatatatedai

Fairly common in small groups in coral-rich lagoons & reef dropoffs to 75 feet.  Feeds upon coral polyps and invertebrates.  Attains 7.5 inches.  Indonesia to Japan and the Society Islands, excluding Hawai'i.  Replaced by Heniochus pleurotaenia in the Indian Ocean.