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Butterflyfishes of
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Prognathodes falcifer, SIO
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The Best of the Genus:
| Prognathodes aculeatus
(Poey 1860), Caribbean Longsnout Butterflyfish. A
delicate-appearing deepwater to shallows tropical west Atlantic to
Brazil species. A very nice addition to a peaceful biotopic
presentation. Generalized omnivore. Turks, Caicos pic. |
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| Prognathodes aya Jordan
1866, the Doubleband Butterflyfish. Found along the mid Atlantic US
coast along to Mexico's Yucatan. Rare in the trade, and seldom
seen. Here's a very nice pic by Anthony Calfo. Thanks Antoine!
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| Prognathodes falcifer Hubbs
& Rechnitzer 1958, the Scythe Butterflyfish. A cool water
species found off of Mexico's Baja and much further to the
south in the Galapagos. A good selection for a biotope aquarium
depicting life, conditions from these areas. To about six inches in
length. SIO/Birch Aq. photo 2012 |
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The Unknowns: Not enough data in the literature, credible
firsthand accounts, or personal experience to judge
| Prognathodes dichrous Gunther 1869, Hedgehog
Butterflyfish. Known only from the central Atlantic Ocean, about
St. Helena and Ascension Islands. About six inches maximum
length. |
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| Prognathodes guyanensis Durand
1960, the Threeband Butterflyfish. To about five inches long. Known
from the tropical west Atlantic from the Bahamas south to French
Guiana. |
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| Prognathodes guezei Mauge &
Bauchot 1976, Gueze's Butterflyfish. Distributed around the
northern waters of Madagascar. To four inches long. |
Never seen
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| Prognathodes guyotensis Yamamoto
& Tameka 1982, the Guyote Butterflyfish. Recorded from the
Maldives and a part of the northwestern Pacific. To five inches in
length. |
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| Prognathodes marcellae Poll
1950, Marcella Butterflyfish. West coast of Africa, Senegal to
Guinea. To five inches. One shot by RMF at the CAS in 2012 |
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| Prognathodes obliquus Lubbock
& Edwards 1980, the Oblique Butterflyfish. Described only from
St. Pauls Rocks in the Atlantic off of Brazil. |
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