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title: "Pennant Bannerfish"
description: "Heniochus chrysostomus — Vissen. Heniochus chrysostomus, also known as the threeband pennantfish, threeband bannerfish or pennant bannerfish, is a marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish from the family Chaetodontidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/pennant-bannerfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pennant Bannerfish

> Heniochus chrysostomus — Vissen. Heniochus chrysostomus, also known as the threeband pennantfish, threeband bannerfish or pennant bannerfish, is a marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish from the family Chaetodontidae.

- Scientific name: *Heniochus chrysostomus*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 1900
- Wikidata: [Q2065494](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2065494)
- iNaturalist taxon: [102632](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/102632)

## Names

- en: Pennant Bannerfish
- de: Pazifik-Wimpelfisch
- es: Pez Estandarte de Hocico dorado
- fr: Poisson-cocher du Pacifique

## Countries with the most observations

ID (341), PF (281), NC (209), FJ (191), AU (80), PH (58), PW (49), CK (48), GU (48), PG (42), SB (40), MP (32)

## Summary

Heniochus chrysostomus, also known as the threeband pennantfish, threeband bannerfish or pennant bannerfish, is a marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish from the family Chaetodontidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific region.

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

## Photo

![Pennant Bannerfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pennant-bannerfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/141063486

## Machine access

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