Prognathodes
{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
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| image_caption = Prognathodes aculeatus
| taxon = Prognathodes
| authority = T. N. Gill, 1862
| type_species = Prognathodes aculeatus
| type_species_authority = (Poey, 1860)
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Prognathodes is a genus of butterflyfish in the family Chaetodontidae. They are found at rocky reefs in tropical oceans around the world and are mainly found deeper than Chaetodon; often a depths below those possible in normal scuba diving. In the past they were commonly included in the genus Chaetodon. They are whitish, yellow, black and dark brown, and reach {{convert|10|-|16|cm|in}} in length.{{FishBase genus | genus = Prognathodes | month = July | year = 2019 }}
Species
There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:
- Prognathodes aculeatus (Poey, 1860) (Longsnout butterflyfish)
- Prognathodes aya (D. S. Jordan, 1886) (Bank butterflyfish)
- Prognathodes basabei Pyle & Kosaki, 2016Pyle, R.L. & Kosaki, R.K. (2016): [https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=10200 Prognathodes basabei, a new species of butterflyfish (Perciformes, Chaetodontidae) from the Hawaiian Archipelago.] ZooKeys, 614: 137–152. (Orangemargin butterflyfish)
- Prognathodes brasiliensis W. E. Burgess, 2001 (Brazilian butterflyfish)
- Prognathodes carlhubbsi Nalbant, 1995 (Southern scythemarked butterflyfish)
- Prognathodes dichrous (Günther, 1869) (Bicolor butterflyfish)
- Prognathodes falcifer (C. L. Hubbs & Rechnitzer, 1958) (Northern scythemarked butterflyfish)
- Prognathodes geminus Copus, Pyle, Greene & Randall, 2019 (Twin butterflyfish){{Cite web|title=Prognathodes geminus, Twin butterflyfish|url=https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Prognathodes-geminus.html|access-date=2021-10-10|website=www.fishbase.se}}
- Prognathodes guezei (Maugé & Bauchot, 1976) (Gueze's butterflyfish)
- Prognathodes guyanensis (J. Durand, 1960) (French butterflyfish)
- Prognathodes guyotensis (Yamamoto & Tameka, 1982) (Guyote butterflyfish)
- Prognathodes marcellae (Poll, 1950) (Macaronesian butterflyfish)
- Prognathodes obliquus (Lubbock & A. J. Edwards, 1980) (Oblique butterflyfish)