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Diagnostic Description

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White overall with two broad black bars on sides extending onto dorsal fin; narrower black bar from dorsal fin origin, through eye, to snout; darkened rear margin of dorsal and anal fins, and black bar across tail base (Ref. 47838).
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Cristina V. Garilao
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Life Cycle

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Form pairs during breeding (Ref. 205).
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Susan M. Luna
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Trophic Strategy

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Inhabits deep reefs (Ref. 4858).
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Grace Tolentino Pablico
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Biology

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Inhabit deep reefs (Ref. 4858). Oviparous (Ref. 205). Form pairs during breeding (Ref. 205).
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Prognathodes guezei

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Prognathodes guezei, or Gueze's butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. It is found in the Western Indian Ocean, from Réunion Island, and Mauritius to the Comoros Islands. This species reaches a length of 11.0 cm (4.3 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of marine biologist Paul Guézé, who collected the holotype specimen and helped collect even more paratype specimens.[3]

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). Prognathodes &speciesname= guezei" Prognathodes guezei " in FishBase. December 2019 version.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Prognathodes guezei" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 1): Families LOBOTIDAE, POMACANTHIDAE, DREPANEIDAE and CHAETODONTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  • Allen, G.R., R. Steene and M. Allen, 1998. A guide to angelfishes and butterflyfishes. Odyssey Publishing/Tropical Reef Research. 250 p.
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Prognathodes guezei: Brief Summary

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Prognathodes guezei, or Gueze's butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. It is found in the Western Indian Ocean, from Réunion Island, and Mauritius to the Comoros Islands. This species reaches a length of 11.0 cm (4.3 in).

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