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Butterflyfish (no English common name)
Prognathodes guyotensis
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Butterflyfish (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Prognathodes guyotensis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 15 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Deep-water, on or near the bottom, recorded from 280 to 320 m
- IUCN status
- DD · Data DeficientData Deficient (DD), assessed 2009
Description
A deep-water butterflyfish reaching about 15 cm, known from a seamount at around 300 m.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Prognathodes-guyotensis.html
- inaturalist.org /observations/365381340
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.