Prognathodes aculeatus; Longsnout Butterfly Fish

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Prognathodes aculeatus
Longsnout Butterfly Fish

Photographer: Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

ID: 0000 0000 0108 0389 (2008-01-05)

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date of photo Apr 8, 2005

location Palancar Reef (Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Cozumel)

family Chaetodontidae

habitat It is a solitary and reclusive fish that prefers deeper reefs (to 200 feet) but is seen occasionally in very shallow waters.

photo category: Animal - Fish

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common names Longsnout Butterfly Fish

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Reviewed by Simon J. Tonge Sep 6, 2013

Action: changed name from "Chaetodon aculeatus" to "Prognathodes aculeatus "

Reviewer's comments:

"Now usually put in Proganthodes"

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