Name : Heniochus acuminatus

Class : Actinopterygii

Order : Perciformes

Family : Chaetodontidae

Description :

Deeply compressed body, the first rays of its dorsal fin stretch in a long white filament. The background color of its body is white with two large black diagonal bands. Beyond the second black stripe,the dorsal and the caudal fins are yellow. The pectoral fins are also yellow. The head is white, the eyes are black and linked together by a black band. The snout, spotted with black, is a bit stretched with a small terminal protractile (it can be extend) mouth

Size

Maximum length: 20.2 cm (TL), common length: 13-17 cm (TL)

Diet

Feeds on planktonic foods items and small bottom invertebrates

Utilization

It is popular as an aquarium fish

Gears

Gillnet, trawl, trap