Scientific Name	Heniochus varius   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Cuvier, 1829)	Depth	1 - 25M
Chinese	黑身立旗鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	蝴蝶魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F393　Chaetodontidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	白帶馬夫魚
Max Length	19 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	黑關刀、舉旗仔(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.、Nan Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal、Lagoon、Coral&Sand	Holotype Locality	East Indies
Synonyms	Taurichthys bleekeri, Taurichthys varius, Taurichthys viridis
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0057384. ASIZP0070032. ASIZP0806551. ASIZP0807354. ASIZP0916551. ASIZP0917354. NMMBP05544. NMMSTP00072. NTUM00081Holotype. NTUM00082Holotype. NTUM00083Holotype. NTUM00084Holotype. NTUM00086Holotype. NTUM00733. NTUM01425. NTUM06206. ROM39378. RUSI35715.
Barcode	2015-12-15,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100% 2014-10-30,Kwang-Tsao Shao,CO1,100%
Common Name	Hunchbacked coralfish; Humphead bannerfish; Horned bannerfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body oval, deep, strongly compressed. Head length roughly equal to head height; a notch on forehead with a bony protruberance just above in adultsalso a cvrved sharp horn developing above each eye with increasing age; preopercle smooth, without prominent spines. Snout short. Small protractile mouth with brush-like teeth in the jaws. Dorsal fin with XI spines, fouth dorsal spine prolonged, the membrane broad; and 22 to 24 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 17 or 18 soft rays; pectoral fins transparent with 14 to 15 soft rays; pelvic fins with I stout spine and 5 branched rays; caudal fin rounded to slightly emarginate. Mostly black with two white bands, one from upper nape across gill cover and expanding onto thorax, the other running from caudal peduncle and breast to each end of spinous section of dorsal fin; pelvic and anal fins dark brown.
habitats	Occurs in deep lagoons and steep outer reef slopes, with mixed algae and coral growth at depths of 3 to 25 m. Solitary or in small groups. Feeds on corals and other invertebrates.
Distribution	Distributed from Western Australia northward throughout the Indo-Malayan region to southern Japan, eastward across the tropical western and southern Pacific Ocean. Widely around coral reefs in Taiwan.
Utility	Marine aquarium fish.