‹ Fish Finder· #127

Philippine Kabubu

Heniochus singularius

Bislamabataflaefis— names this kind of animal, not this species alone

Philippine Kabubu — photo 1 of 4
Photo 1 of 4 · TANAKA Juuyoh (田中十洋) · CC BY 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
uncommonblackwhiteyellowbandedmediumreef
Habitat
Reef
Max size
30 cm
Depth
15-40 m
Family
Chaetodontidae

Heniochus singularius, the singular bannerfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish from the family Chaetodontidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific region.

Adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Side by side, with what tells them apart.

Philippine Kabubu
This onePhilippine Kabubu
Masked Bannerfish
Look-alikeMasked Bannerfish

The young are the ones mixed up. In a juvenile Masked Bannerfish the middle black band passes behind the white pennant; in a young Philippine Kabubu it passes in front of it. Adults are easier: the masked bannerfish has two bony knobs on the forehead and a short pennant, while the kabubu, the largest bannerfish at 30 cm, has a mostly black face and black-centred scales in its white band.

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