Lemon Tea Yi Kai, Japan
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(Hubbs & Rechnitzer, 1958)
Prognathodes falcifer also commonly referred as the Scythemarked Butterflyfish; Scythe Butterflyfish and Northern scythe-marked butterflyfish is generally yellow with prominent black scythe-like marking on side, also a black diagonal band from snout to dorsal fin origin. Very similar to P. carlhubbsi. The color patterns of P falcifer and P carlhubbsi differ as follows: The dark band along the snout is black in P. carlhubbsi and pale grey in P. falcifer; the black scythe mark reaches the base of the dorsal fin spines in P. carlhubbsi but ends well under those spines in P. falcifer; and finnaly the upper back and base of the dorsal fin are grayish in P. carlhubbsi and yellow in P. falcifer.
The Scythemarked Butterflyfish is distributed from Southern California to the SW Gulf of California and the Revillagigedo Islands; usually seen alone or in small groups on rocky reefs. Close relatives are known to pinch off and eat tube feet of sea urchins and other echinoderms. Also feed on crustaceans, worms and other small invertebrates. Because they live in relatively deeper waters, they are seldom collected, thus, rarely seen in the aquarium trade.
Remarks:
Butterflyfish are not recommended for reefs as they will pick at or eat a wide variety of corals, fan worms, and other invertebrates. Most Butterflyfish are known to pick at Aiptaisia, a parasitic anemone.
Synonym:
Chaetodon falcifer Hubbs & Rechnitzer, 1958
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Percoidei (Suborder) > Chaetodontidae (Family) > Prognathodes (Genus) > Prognathodes falcifer (Species)
Prognathodes falcifer also commonly referred as the Scythemarked Butterflyfish; Scythe Butterflyfish and Northern scythe-marked butterflyfish is generally yellow with prominent black scythe-like marking on side, also a black diagonal band from snout to dorsal fin origin. Very similar to P. carlhubbsi. The color patterns of P falcifer and P carlhubbsi differ as follows: The dark band along the snout is black in P. carlhubbsi and pale grey in P. falcifer; the black scythe mark reaches the base of the dorsal fin spines in P. carlhubbsi but ends well under those spines in P. falcifer; and finnaly the upper back and base of the dorsal fin are grayish in P. carlhubbsi and yellow in P. falcifer.
The Scythemarked Butterflyfish is distributed from Southern California to the SW Gulf of California and the Revillagigedo Islands; usually seen alone or in small groups on rocky reefs. Close relatives are known to pinch off and eat tube feet of sea urchins and other echinoderms. Also feed on crustaceans, worms and other small invertebrates. Because they live in relatively deeper waters, they are seldom collected, thus, rarely seen in the aquarium trade.
Remarks:
Butterflyfish are not recommended for reefs as they will pick at or eat a wide variety of corals, fan worms, and other invertebrates. Most Butterflyfish are known to pick at Aiptaisia, a parasitic anemone.
Synonym:
Chaetodon falcifer Hubbs & Rechnitzer, 1958
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Percoidei (Suborder) > Chaetodontidae (Family) > Prognathodes (Genus) > Prognathodes falcifer (Species)
