Prognathodes aya

Author
Jordan, 1886
Common Names
  • Bank Butterflyfish

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Min Depth
20 meters
Max Depth
167 meters
Overall Geographic Range
North Carolina to Quintana Roo
Habitat-Biology
  • demersal
  • coral reef
References

  • Allen, G. R. 1980. Butterfly and Angelfishes of the World. Vol. 2. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 325 pp.

  • Burgess, W. E. 2002a. Chaetodontidae. Pp. 1663–1672 in K. E. Carpenter, ed. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 3. Bony fishes part 2 (Opistognathidae to Molidae). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. FAO, Rome.

  • McEachran, J. D., and J. D. Fechhelm. 2005. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Volume 2: Scorpaeniformes to Tetraodontiformes. University of Texas Press, Austin, TX. 1004 pp.

Species Notes

None noted.

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.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-04-2024.

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