Prognathodes guezei

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| image = Prognathodes guezei (10.3897-zookeys.835.32562) Figure 5.jpg

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Pyle, R., Allen, G. & Myers, R.|date=2010 |title=Prognathodes guezei |volume=2010 |page=e.T165644A6079181 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T165644A6079181.en |access-date=13 March 2024}}

| taxon = Prognathodes guezei

| authority = (Maugé & Bauchot, 1976)

| synonyms = * Chaetodon guezei Maugé & Bauchot, 1976

| synonyms_ref = {{Fishbase | Prognathodes | guezei | month = December | year = 2019}}

}}

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

Description

Prognathodes guezei reaches a total length of {{convert|11.0|cm|in|abbr=on}}.{{FishBase |genus= Prognathodes|species= guezei| month = February | year = 2015}}

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of marine biologist Paul Guézé, who collected the holotype specimen and helped collect even more paratype specimens.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/acanthuriformes1/ | title = Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 1): Families LOBOTIDAE, POMACANTHIDAE, DREPANEIDAE and CHAETODONTIDAE | access-date= 30 March 2022 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018}}

References

Allen, G.R., R. Steene and M. Allen, 1998. A guide to angelfishes and butterflyfishes. Odyssey Publishing/Tropical Reef Research. 250 p.

guezei

Category:Taxa named by André L. Maugé

Category:Taxa named by Marie-Louise Bauchot

Category:Fish described in 1976