Prognathodes carlhubbsi explained

Prognathodes carlhubbsi, the southern scythemarked butterflyfish or southern scythe butterflyfish, is a species of butterflyfish found at rocky reefs in the tropical Eastern Pacific, where found at depths of 12m-270mm (39feet-890feetm) at the Galápagos Islands, Cocos Island, Malpelo Island, and off northwestern Peru.[1] [2] Until P. carlhubbsi was described as a separate species in 1995, populations in these regions were included in P. falcifer. When separated, the true P. falcifer is restricted to more northernly regions (off California and Mexico), and it has whitish-grey (not clear yellow) belly and flanks, the black line through the eye is paler and less distinct, and the angle of the inverted black "V" on the side is shallower.[1] [3]

Etymology

Its specific name honors the American ichthyologist Carl L. Hubbs (1894-1979), who had been intending to describe this species when he died and who in 1958 he was the co-describer of the related Northern scythemarked butterflyfish Prognathodes falcifer.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Species: Prognathodes carlhubbsi, Southern scythe butterflyfish, Southern scythe-marked butterflyfish . 3 January 2021. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute . Shorefishes of the Eastern Pacific online information system.
  2. Hooker, Y. (2009). Nuevos registros de peces costeros tropicales para el Perú. Rev. Peru. Biol. 16(1): 033-041.
  3. Adams, J. (2009). Prognathodes carlhubbsi: will the real scythe butterflyfish please swim up? Reef Builders. Accessed 24 May 2011.
  4. Web site: Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 1): Families LOBOTIDAE, POMACANTHIDAE, DREPANEIDAE and CHAETODONTIDAE . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . 3 January 2021 . 21 July 2020 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara.