Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Chaetodontidae > Prognathodes > Prognathodes aculeatus

Prognathodes aculeatus (Poey's butterflyfish; Longsnout butterflyfish; Caribbean longsnout butterflyfish; Butterbun)

Synonyms: Chaetodon aculeatus; Chaetodon unicolor; Chelmo pelta; Chelmon aculeatus
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Wikipedia Abstract

The longsnout butterflyfish, Prognathodes aculeatus, is a species of butterflyfish found in tropical atlantic waters. It is also known as the butterbun, the Caribbean longsnout butterflyfish, or Poey's butterflyfish. This species should not be confused with the banded longsnout butterflyfish or Chelmon rostratus.
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Predators

Carcharhinus perezii (Caribbean reef shark)[1]
Cephalopholis cruentata (Grouper)[1]
Rhizoprionodon porosus (Snook shark)[1]

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♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Food Habits of Reef Fishes of the West Indies, John E. Randall, Stud. Trop. Oceanogr. 5, 665–847 (1967)
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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