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Prognathodes guezei Gueze's butterflyfish

Prognathodes guezei is commonly referred to as Gueze's butterflyfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 800 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


Profilbild Urheber Peter Timm (†), permission by Dr. Kerry Sink, Süd-Afrika

Foto: Jesser Canyon, Süd-Afrika, 100 M;eter Tiefe


Courtesy of the author Peter Timm (†), permission by Dr. Kerry Sink, Süd-Afrika

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lexID:
10860 
AphiaID:
218771 
Scientific:
Prognathodes guezei 
German:
Reunion-Pinzettfisch 
English:
Gueze's Butterflyfish 
Category:
Sommerfuglfisk 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Chaetodontidae (Family) > Prognathodes (Genus) > guezei (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Maugé & Bauchot, ), 1976 
Occurrence:
Comores, Mauritius, Réunion , Western Indian Ocean 
Sea depth:
80 - 140 Meter 
Size:
up to 4.33" (11 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C) 
Food:
Food specialist, Invertebrates 
Tank:
175.98 gal (~ 800L)  
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Data deficient (DD) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
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More related species
in this lexicon
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2017-06-28 11:18:01 

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Prognathodes guezei (Maugé & Bauchot, 1976)

Prognathodes is a genus of fish in the family Chaetodontidae found at rocky reefs in tropical oceans around the world and are mainly found deeper than Chaetodond. In the past they were commonly included in the genus Chaetodon. They are reach 10–16 centimetres in length.

Inhabit deep reefs ca. 80 Meters. Form pairs during breeding

Synonymised names: Chaetodon guezei Maugé & Bauchot, 1976

Main reference: Allen, G.R., R. Steene and M. Allen, 1998. A guide to angelfishes and butterflyfishes. Odyssey Publishing/Tropical Reef Research. 250 p. (Ref. 47838)

Systematik: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Chaetodontidae (Family) > Prognathodes (Genus) >

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Mystery surrounds divers’ deaths (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Sea Fish Atlas Newsletter (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. Wikipedia englisch (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  5. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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