First Record of the Chaetodontid Genus Prognathodes from the Hawaiian Islands !

A total of 32 individuals of a chaetodontid fish resembling Prognathodes guezei (Mauge & Bauchot) were recorded on photographs and videotape taken from the Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory's deep-sea submersibles Makali'i and Pisces-V between 1982 and 1990. These sightings represent the first record of the genus Prognathodes from the Hawaiian Islands. The fish were observed at depths of 106-187 m off Hawai'i, at Penguin Bank, and at French Frigate Shoals (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands). Most sightings were made on the western side of Hawai'i, particularly near Kealakekua Bay. THE CHAETODONTID GENUS Prognathodes Gill includes at least seven species: P. marcelle (Poll) from the eastern Atlantic; P. dichrous (Gunther) and P. obliquus (Lubbock & Edwards) from the central Atlantic; P. aculeatus (Poey), P. aya (Jordan) and P. guyanensis (Durand) from the western Atlantic; P. falcifer (Hubbs & Rechnitzer) from the eastern Pacific; and P. guezei (Mauge & Bauchot) from the western Indian Ocean. P. guezei is known only from the two type specimens, which were collected at a depth of 80 m off