Biology:Prognathodes obliquus
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Short description: Species of fish
Prognathodes obliquus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Chaetodontidae |
Genus: | Prognathodes |
Species: | P. obliquus
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Binomial name | |
Prognathodes obliquus (Lubbock & A. J. Edwards, 1980)
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Synonyms[2] | |
Chaetodon obliquus Lubbock & A.J. Edwards, 1980 |
Prognathodes obliquus, the oblique butterflyfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. It is endemic to St Paul Rocks in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean off Brazil .
Destruction of its habitat by pollution, marine construction and pollution has rendered it vulnerable to extinction.
References
- ↑ Rocha, L.A.; Pyle, R.; Craig, M.T. (2010). "Prognathodes obliquus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T4363A10818146. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T4363A10818146.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4363/10818146. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Prognathodes &speciesname= obliquus" Prognathodes obliquus " in FishBase. December 2019 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q307753 entry
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