Humphead bannerfish
- Added by Dave_P
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- Latin
- Heniochus varius
- Family
- Chaetodontidae
- Fishbase Url
- http://www.fishbase.org/summary/5592
- Maximum Size
- 19cm, 7.5"
- Minimum Tank Size
- 251 to 500 litres
- Care level
- Medium
- Reef Compatibility
- Yes - with caution
- Group compatibility
- Keep singly
- Can be kept as mated pair
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Compatibility with hard corals
- Do not keep with hard corals
- Compatibility with soft corals
- May nip at soft corals
- Compatibility with Invertabrates
- May eat small invertebrates
- Feeding
- Mixture of good quality flake, pellets, frozen food which should have a content of algae
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Origin (from Fishbase)
- Pacific Ocean: Indonesia to the Society Islands, north to southern Japan, south to Rowley Shoals and New Caledonia; throughout Micronesia. Reported from Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean. Replaced by Heniochus pleurotaenia in the Indian Ocean
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