Scientific Name	Heniochus singularius   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Smith & Radcliffe, 1911	Depth	1 - 25M
Chinese	單棘立旗鯛	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	蝴蝶魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F393　Chaetodontidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	四帶馬夫魚
Max Length	25 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	花關刀、關刀(臺東)、舉旗仔(澎湖)、花關刀(澎湖)
Distribution in World	Middle West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South、North、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal、Lagoon	Holotype Locality	Philippines
Synonyms	Heniochus singularis
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Smith, H. M. etc. 1911 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0057397. ASIZP0059558. ASIZP0066338. ASIZP0066540. ASIZP0070712. ASIZP0070767. ASIZP0078373. ASIZP0800984. ASIZP0801777. ASIZP0807144. ASIZP0910984. ASIZP0911777. ASIZP0917144. FRIP20173. FRIP20189. FRIP20203. FRIP21881. NMMBP04570. NMMBP08591. NTUM00668. NTUM00669. NTUM00741. NTUM01424. NTUM04811. NTUM06852. NTUM08034.
Barcode	2008-03-25,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100% 2008-08-28,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2016-01-26,Yu-Ming,CO1,100%
Common Name	Singular bannerfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body oval, deep, strongly compressed. Head length roughly equal to head height; a pair of bony knobs is on the forehead; preopercle smooth, without prominent spines. Snout short. Small protractile mouth with brush-like teeth in the jaws. Dorsal fin with XI or XII spines, fouth dorsal spine prolonged as a tapering white filament; and 25 to 27 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 17 or 18 soft rays; pectoral fins transparent with 16 or 17 soft rays; pelvic fins with I stout spine and 5 branched rays; caudal fin rounded to slightly emarginate. Body white with three broad black bandds, the first through eye reaching ventral area of head, the second across front of body and continuous with black pelvic fins, and the oblique third from middle of back to rear of anal fin; dark bars on body more diffuse due to pale scale centres, also the broad white zone between the two dark bands has small blackish spots, one in each scale centre; dorsal and caudal fins yellow; the white ring around the mouth.
habitats	An uncommon species that inhabits deep lagoon and seaward reefs at depths of 3 to 25 m. Adults solitary or in small groups and prefer areas with rich coral growth and high vertical relief. Juveniles solitary and secretive on inshore reefs. Largest of the
Distribution	Distributed from the Maldive Islands eastward throughout the Indo-Malayan region and tropical western Pacific Ocean to Samoa, northward to southern Japan. It is found in eastern and southern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	Marine aquarium fish.