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Prognathodes carlhubbsi

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Family
  
Chaetodontidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Perciformes

Genus
  
Prognathodes

Similar
  
Prognathodes falcifer, Prognathodes dichrous, Bank Butterflyfish, Prognathodes aculeatus, Prognathodes

Prognathodes carlhubbsi, the southern scythemarked butterflyfish or southern scythe butterflyfish, is a species of butterflyfish found at rocky reefs in the tropical easter Pacific, where found at depths of 12–270 metres (39–886 ft) at the Galápagos Islands, Cocos Island, Malpelo Island, and off northwestern Peru. Until P. carlhubbsi was described as a separate species in 1995, populations in these regions were included in P. falcifer. When separated, the true P. falcifer is restricted to more northernly regions (off California and Mexico), and it has whitish-grey (not clear yellow) belly and flanks, the black line through the eye is paler and less distinct, and the angle of the inverted black "V" on the side is shallower.

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Prognathodes carlhubbsi Wikipedia