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title: "Humphead Bannerfish"
description: "Heniochus varius — Peixes. Heniochus varius, the horned bannerfish or humphead bannerfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae, native from the central Indo-Pacific area."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/humphead-bannerfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Humphead Bannerfish

> Heniochus varius — Peixes. Heniochus varius, the horned bannerfish or humphead bannerfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae, native from the central Indo-Pacific area.

- Scientific name: *Heniochus varius*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1619
- Wikidata: [Q1021923](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1021923)
- iNaturalist taxon: [102638](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/102638)

## Names

- en: Humphead Bannerfish
- de: Schwarzer Wimpelfisch
- es: Pes estandarte cornudo
- fr: Poisson-cocher noir

## Countries with the most observations

ID (619), PH (236), FJ (183), AU (45), MY (41), PW (40), VU (38), PG (31), SB (27), JP (23), TW (23), TL (20)

## Summary

Heniochus varius, the horned bannerfish or humphead bannerfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae, native from the central Indo-Pacific area.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Olly Morgan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/258462461

## Machine access

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