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title: "Red Sea Bannerfish"
description: "Heniochus intermedius — Fish. The Red Sea bannerfish (Heniochus intermedius) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish from the family Chaetodontidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/red-sea-bannerfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Red Sea Bannerfish

> Heniochus intermedius — Fish. The Red Sea bannerfish (Heniochus intermedius) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish from the family Chaetodontidae.

- Scientific name: *Heniochus intermedius*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 1437
- Wikidata: [Q1756911](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1756911)
- iNaturalist taxon: [102634](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/102634)

## Names

- en: Red Sea Bannerfish
- de: Rotmeer-Wimpelfisch
- es: Pez estandarte del Mar Rojo
- fr: Poisson-cocher de mer Rouge
- nl: Rode Zee-wimpelvis

## Countries with the most observations

EG (975), SA (85), IL (47), JO (12), SD (4)

## Summary

The Red Sea bannerfish (Heniochus intermedius) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish from the family Chaetodontidae. It is found in the western Indian Ocean. It has been recorded as an introduced species off Florida and as a Lessepsian migrant in the eastern Mediterranean Sea off Turkey.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sea_bannerfish

## Photo

![Red Sea Bannerfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-sea-bannerfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137267282

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-sea-bannerfish?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).