Prognathodes basabei | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Chaetodontidae |
Genus: | Prognathodes |
Species: | P. basabei
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Binomial name | |
Prognathodes basabei |
Prognathodes basabei, the orange margin butterflyfish, is a species of butterflyfish, a marine ray-finned fish in the family Chaetodontidae.[1] It is found in Hawaii.
Prognathodes basabei reaches a standard length of 10.6 cm (4.2 in).[2]
Named in honor of Peter K. Basabe, a diver and aquarium fish collector, for his role in the collection of the first specimen of this new species in 1998.[2]