Prognathodes basabei
Prognathodes basabei, the orange margin butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae.[1] It is found in Hawaii. This species reaches a length of 10.6 cm (4.2 in).[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Chaetodontidae |
| Genus: | Prognathodes |
| Species: | P. basabei |
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Etymology
Named in honor of Peter K. Basabe, a diver and aquarium fish collector, for his role in the collection of the first specimen of this new species in 1998.[2]
References
- Pyle, R.L. & Kosaki, R.K. (2016): Prognathodes basabei, a new species of butterflyfish (Perciformes, Chaetodontidae) from the Hawaiian Archipelago. ZooKeys, 614: 137–152.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Prognathodes basabei" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
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