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Teleostei (teleosts) > Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > Chaetodontidae (Butterflyfishes)
Etymology: Prognathodes: Greek, pro = first, in front of + Greek, gnathos = jaw (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Marcelle Aen Poll née den Boom is the wife of the author, Max Poll (q.v.). (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
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Marine; reef-associated; depth range 12 - 140 m (Ref. 6943). Tropical; 17°N - 17°S, 26°W - 13°E

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Eastern Atlantic: Senegal and Cape Verde to the Gulf of Guinea (4°S). Reported from Angola (Ref. 3166).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27000)

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Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 19 - 20; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 15 - 16. Body is silvery white with a black bar running anteriorly from the base of the dorsal spine to the lower jaw passing through the eye and second black bar running vertically from the ninth dorsal spine to the base of the anal fin rays.

A littoral species. Most specimens were collected on soft bottoms (Ref. 6943). Minimum depth range reported taken from Ref. 27000. Oviparous (Ref. 205). Form pairs during breeding (Ref. 205).

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Form pairs during breeding (Ref. 205).

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Maugé, L.A., 1990. Chaetodontidae. p. 837-840. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 6943)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 03 September 2009

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 18.3 - 25.9, mean 20.3 °C (based on 41 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5002 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02239 (0.01097 - 0.04568), b=3.01 (2.84 - 3.18), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.3 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Prognathodes marcellae (Poll, 1950)