Prognathodes basabei
Species of fish
Prognathodes basabei, the orange margin butterflyfish, is a species of butterflyfish, a marine ray-finned fish in the family Chaetodontidae. It is found in Hawaii.
01Description
Prognathodes basabei reaches a standard length of 10.6 cm (4.2 in).
02Etymology
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.
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- Prognathodes basabei (10.3897-zookeys.835.32562) Figure 4.jpg by Copus JM, Pyle RL, Greene BD, Randall JE (2019) Prognathodes geminus, a new species of butterflyfish (Teleostei, Chaetodontidae) from Palau. ZooKeys 835: 125-137. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.835.32562, CC BY 4.0
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