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 12–270 metres (39–886 ft) at the Galápagos Islands, Cocos Island, Malpelo Island, and off northwestern Peru.[2][3] 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.[2][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Chaetodontidae |
| Genus: | Prognathodes |
| Species: | P. carlhubbsi
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| Binomial name | |
| Prognathodes carlhubbsi Nalbant, 1995
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Etymology
editIts 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.[5]
References
edit- ^ Pyle, R.; Allen, G.R.; Zapata, F.; Lea, B.; Merlen, G.; Robertson, R.; Rivera, F.; Edgar, G.; Rocha, L.A. (2010). "Prognathodes carlhubbsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T165658A6083175. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T165658A6083175.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Species: Prognathodes carlhubbsi, Southern scythe butterflyfish, Southern scythe-marked butterflyfish". Shorefishes of the Eastern Pacific online information system. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ Hooker, Y. (2009). Nuevos registros de peces costeros tropicales para el Perú. Rev. Peru. Biol. 16(1): 033-041.
- ^ Adams, J. (2009). Prognathodes carlhubbsi: will the real scythe butterflyfish please swim up? Reef Builders. Accessed 24 May 2011.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (21 July 2020). "Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 1): Families LOBOTIDAE, POMACANTHIDAE, DREPANEIDAE and CHAETODONTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 3 January 2021.