Prognathodes
Prognathodes is a genus of butterflyfish in the family Chaetodontidae. They are found at rocky reefs in tropical oceans around the world and are mainly found deeper than Chaetodon; often a depths below those possible in normal scuba diving. In the past they were commonly included in the genus Chaetodon. They are whitish, yellow, black and dark brown, and reach 10–16 centimetres (3.9–6.3 in) in length.[1]
| Prognathodes | |
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| Prognathodes aculeatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Chaetodontidae |
| Genus: | Prognathodes T. N. Gill, 1862 |
| Type species | |
| Chelmo pelta Günther, 1860 | |
Species
There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Prognathodes aculeatus (Poey, 1860) (Longsnout butterflyfish)
- Prognathodes aya (D. S. Jordan, 1886) (Bank butterflyfish)
- Prognathodes basabei Pyle & Kosaki, 2016[2] (Orangemargin butterflyfish)
- Prognathodes brasiliensis W. E. Burgess, 2001
- Prognathodes carlhubbsi Nalbant, 1995 (Southern scythemarked butterflyfish)
- Prognathodes dichrous (Günther, 1869) (Bicolor butterflyfish)
- Prognathodes falcifer (C. L. Hubbs & Rechnitzer, 1958) (Northern scythemarked butterflyfish)
- Prognathodes geminus Copus, Pyle, Greene & Randall, 2019
- Prognathodes guezei (Maugé & Bauchot, 1976) (Gueze's butterflyfish)
- Prognathodes guyanensis (J. Durand, 1960) (French butterflyfish)
- Prognathodes guyotensis (Yamamoto & Tameka, 1982)
- Prognathodes marcellae (Poll, 1950)
- Prognathodes obliquus (Lubbock & A. J. Edwards, 1980) (Oblique butterflyfish)
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Prognathodes in FishBase. July 2019 version.
- Pyle, R.L. & Kosaki, R.K. (2016): Prognathodes basabei, a new species of butterflyfish (Perciformes, Chaetodontidae) from the Hawaiian Archipelago. ZooKeys, 614: 137–152.
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