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Heniochus diphreutes
White with 2 broad diagonal black bands, up to 7 inches (18cm) in length. Similar in appearance to Heniochus acuminatus but has larger eye and smaller snout. Dramatically similar to actual moorish idols, these fish are only distantly related, and appear to only have convergently evolved the same traits.
Found in the Red Sea and South Africa to warm-temperate Australia and the Hawaiian Islands.
Photo taken at the Aquatic Critter, Nashville, TN
Spotted on Jul 17, 2012
Submitted on Jul 17, 2012
2 Comments
Thanks Xiaoxuan! You are correct. That is what I get for doing this when I have had very little sleep!.
This is a bannerfish, not a moorish idol