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Prognathodes (Butterflyfish)

Synonyms: Bauchotia

Wikipedia Abstract

Prognathodes is a genus of fish in the family Chaetodontidae 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.
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Species

Prognathodes aculeatus (Poey's butterflyfish)
Prognathodes aya (Bank butterflyfish)
Prognathodes basabei
Prognathodes brasiliensis
Prognathodes carlhubbsi
Prognathodes dichrous (Bastard Cunningfish)
Prognathodes falcifer (Scythemarked butterflyfish)
Prognathodes geminus
Prognathodes guezei (Gueze's butterflyfish)
Prognathodes guyanensis (Threeband butterflyfish)
Prognathodes guyotensis
Prognathodes marcellae (French butterflyfish)
Prognathodes obliquus (Oblique butterflyfish)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0