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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.
More on author: Poll.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 12 - 140 m (Ref. 6943). Tropical; 17°N - 17°S, 26°W - 13°E
Eastern Atlantic: Senegal and Cape Verde to the Gulf of Guinea (4°S). Reported from Angola (Ref. 3166).
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.6 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 27000)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 13; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 19 - 20; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 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.
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
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).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Form pairs during breeding (Ref. 205).
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 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Referencia
123201): 18.3 - 25.9, mean 20.3 °C (based on 41 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5001 [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).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.3 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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