Red Sea bannerfish
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The Red Sea bannerfish (Heniochus intermedius) is a Perciform fish which is found in waters around Africa
and the Middle East
.
s as juvenile
s on coral
heads, sometimes with Heniochus diphreutes. Adults usually in monogamous pairs.
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
and the Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
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Description
This fish is pale yellow below and white above, with two broad diagonal black bands, up to 20cm in length.Habitat
In schoolSchool
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s as juvenile
Juvenile (organism)
A juvenile is an individual organism that has not yet reached its adult form, sexual maturity or size. Juveniles sometimes look very different from the adult form, particularly in terms of their colour...
s on coral
Coral
Corals are marine animals in class Anthozoa of phylum Cnidaria typically living in compact colonies of many identical individual "polyps". The group includes the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton.A coral "head" is a colony of...
heads, sometimes with Heniochus diphreutes. Adults usually in monogamous pairs.