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Prognathodes aya (Jordan, 1886) 
AphiaID: 273370

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Chaetodontidae (Family) > Prognathodes (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Prognathodes Gill, 1862
Synonymised
taxa
  Chaetodon aya Jordan, 1886
Chaetodon eques Steindachner, 1903
Sources  additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

from synonym: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Robins, C.R., G.C. Ray, J. Douglass and R. Freund. 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston. 354 p. [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English bank butterflyfish (from synonym)  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Gulf of Mexico [details]
North West Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273370
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  created  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Prognathodes aya (Jordan, 1886). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273370 on 2013-05-21
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