Heniochus | |
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Pennant coralfish, Heniochus acuminatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Acanthuriformes |
Family: | Chaetodontidae |
Genus: | Heniochus G. Cuvier, 1816 |
Type species | |
Chaetodon macrolepidotus Linnaeus, 1758[1]
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Synonyms[1] | |
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.