Prognathodes

Prognathodes aculeatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chaetodontiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Chaetodontiformes

Familia: Chaetodontidae
Genus: Prognathodes
Species: P. aculeatus – P. aya – P. basabei – P. brasiliensis – P. carlhubbsi – P. dicrous – P. falcifer – P. geminus  –P. guezei – P. guyanensis – P. guyotensis – P. marcellae – P. obliquus

Name

Prognathodes Gill, 1862

Synonyms

• Peterscottia Nalbant, 1991

References

• Gill, T.N. 1862. Remarks on the relations of the genera and other groups of Cuban fishes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14: 235–242. BHL Reference page.  [see page 238]
• Pyle, R.L. & Kosaki, R.K. 2016. Prognathodes basabei, a new species of butterflyfish (Perciformes, Chaetodontidae) from the Hawaiian Archipelago. ZooKeys 614: 137–152. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.614.10200 Reference page. 

Links

• Prognathodes – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Prognathodes species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Eschmeyer, W.N., Catalog of Fishes (electronic version)
• ZooBank