WoRMS taxon details
Prognathodes geminus Copus, Pyle, Greene & Randall, 2019
1338928 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1338928)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Copus, J. M.; Pyle, R. L.; Greene, B. D.; Randall, J. E. (2019). <em>Prognathodesgeminus</em>, a new species of butterflyfish (Teleostei, Chaetodontidae) from Palau. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 835: 125-137., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.835.32562 [details]
Type locality contained in Ngemelis Island
type locality contained in Ngemelis Island [details]
Etymology We name this species geminus, Latin adjective for “twin”, in reference to its similarity in color to P. basabei from...
Etymology We name this species geminus, Latin adjective for “twin”, in reference to its similarity in color to P. basabei from the Hawaiian Islands. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Prognathodes geminus Copus, Pyle, Greene & Randall, 2019. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1338928 on 2024-08-01
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original description
Copus, J. M.; Pyle, R. L.; Greene, B. D.; Randall, J. E. (2019). <em>Prognathodesgeminus</em>, a new species of butterflyfish (Teleostei, Chaetodontidae) from Palau. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 835: 125-137., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.835.32562 [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
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Etymology We name this species geminus, Latin adjective for “twin”, in reference to its similarity in color to P. basabei from the Hawaiian Islands. [details]