Prognathodes obliquus

Prognathodes obliquus
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acanthuriformes
Family:	Chaetodontidae
Genus:	Prognathodes
Species:	P. obliquus
Binomial name
Prognathodes obliquus (Lubbock & A. J. Edwards, 1980)
Synonyms [2]
Chaetodon obliquusLubbock & 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

1. 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 . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Prognathodes obliquus". FishBase . December 2019 version.