Summary ³

The pennant coralfish (Heniochus acuminatus), also known as the longfin bannerfish or coachman is a tropical fish of the family Chaetodontidae. It is also known colloquially as the "poor man's moorish idol".

Distribution ⁴

Indo-Pacific: East Africa and Persian Gulf to the Society Islands, north to southern Japan, south to Lord Howe Island. Throughout Micronesia.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) harum.koh, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/harumkoh/15127857283/
2. (c) harum.koh, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by harum.koh, https://www.flickr.com/photos/harumkoh/15127857543/
3. Adapted by harum.koh from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heniochus_acuminatus
4. (c) FishBase, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/21022615

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