Prognathodes aya, Bank butterflyfish : fisheries, aquarium

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Prognathodes aya (Jordan, 1886)

Bank butterflyfish
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> Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > Chaetodontidae (Butterflyfishes)
Etymology: Prognathodes: Greek, pro = first, in front of + Greek, gnathos = jaw (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Jordan.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range Ecología

marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 20 - 170 m (Ref. 47838), usually 45 - 170 m (Ref. 47838). Subtropical; 36°N - 20°N

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Western Central Atlantic: North Carolina and northeastern Gulf of Mexico to Yucatan in Mexico; unknown in Bahamas and Antilles.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 7251)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 12 - 14; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 17 - 20; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 14 - 16. Broad dark bar slopes down and backward from middle of spiny dorsal fin to base of rear part of anal fin (Ref. 26938).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Inhabit deep offshore reefs (Ref. 4858). Rarely seen by divers (Ref. 4858). Oviparous (Ref. 205). Form pairs during breeding (Ref. 205).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Form pairs during breeding (Ref. 205).

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Allen, G.R., R. Steene and M. Allen, 1998. A guide to angelfishes and butterflyfishes. Odyssey Publishing/Tropical Reef Research. 250 p. (Ref. 47838)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 05 October 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial; Acuario: Comercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Referencia 123201): 18 - 27.2, mean 23.3 °C (based on 89 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia 82804):  PD50 = 0.5001   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02239 (0.01097 - 0.04568), b=3.01 (2.84 - 3.18), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278):  3.4   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179):  Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 63.9 [28.1, 133.1] mg/100g; Iron = 0.85 [0.45, 1.60] mg/100g; Protein = 19.3 [18.0, 20.5] %; Omega3 = 0.217 [0.113, 0.417] g/100g; Selenium = 21.4 [9.1, 45.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 29.9 [6.9, 127.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.949 [0.576, 1.469] mg/100g (wet weight);