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Family Chaetodontidae

TROPICAL EASTERN PACIFIC

Prognathodes falcifer

Santa Catalina Island

Catalina Island, California, 40 feet

 SCYTHE BUTTERFLYFISH    Mariposa guadana

Rare among rocky reefs from 30 to 800 feet.  Feeds upon tube feet of echinoderms & small invertebrates.  Attains 6 inches.  Santa Catalina Island to Peru, Galapagos.