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title: "Schooling Bannerfish"
description: "Heniochus diphreutes — Ryby. The schooling bannerfish (Heniochus diphreutes), also known as the false moorish idol, is a marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish from the family Chaetodontidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/schooling-bannerfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Schooling Bannerfish

> Heniochus diphreutes — Ryby. The schooling bannerfish (Heniochus diphreutes), also known as the false moorish idol, is a marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish from the family Chaetodontidae.

- Scientific name: *Heniochus diphreutes*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 1353
- Wikidata: [Q2717391](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2717391)
- iNaturalist taxon: [102633](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/102633)

## Names

- en: Schooling Bannerfish
- de: Schwarm-Wimpelfisch
- es: Pez estandarte de dos bandas
- fr: Poisson-cocher grégaire
- nl: Schoolwimpelvis

## Countries with the most observations

AU (203), US (174), MV (150), ID (143), EG (71), PH (59), NC (44), TW (36), FJ (27), MY (25), TH (25), ZA (25)

## Summary

The schooling bannerfish (Heniochus diphreutes), also known as the false moorish idol, is a marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish from the family Chaetodontidae. It is native to the Indo-Pacific area.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/236222150

## Machine access

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