Common name: Angelfish pennant, Butterflyfish, Common bannerfish, Feather-fin bullfish, Coachman, Pennant bannerfish, Pennant coralfish, Wimple fish, Longfin bannerfish, Angel fish, Thread-backed butterfly-fish

Japanese name: Hatatatedai (旗立鯛)

Taiwan common name: 白吻雙帶立旗鯛、白關刀、關刀 (臺東)、舉旗仔 (澎湖)、孝包鬚 (澎湖)

Chinese common name: 马夫鱼、白吻立旗鲷、黑白关刀

Korean common name: 두동가리돔

Scientific name: Heniochus acuminatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nigiri sushi detail: Angelfish pennant (Hatatatedai) Nigiri sushi

Feature:

Pennant coralfish (Hatatateai) is distributed in the Pacific Ocean south of the Shimokita Peninsula, the East China Sea south of Nagasaki Prefecture, and the Indo-Pacific region. It inhabits mainly inner bays and coral reefs at depths of up to 30 meters. They have a rhombohedral body with two broad black longitudinal bands on the sides of the body. They do not form large schools and are usually seen alone or in numbers. The length of the body is 15~25 cm.

Because it is not a very tasty fish, its value as a food fish is low, and in Okinawa it is used only as an ingredient in fish paste products. It is popular as an ornamental fish because of its tropical appearance.

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