Prognathodes Gill [T. N.] 1862:238 Masc. Chelmo pelta Günther 1860. Type by monotypy. As Prognathodus in Bleeker 1876 [ref. 448]. •Synonym of Chaetodon Linnaeus 1758, but a valid subgenus Prognathodes -- (Burgess 1978:314 [ref. 700]). •Valid as Prognathodes Gill 1862 -- (Maugé & Bauchot 1984:464 [ref. 6614], Nalbant 1986:168 [ref. 6135], Randall & De Bruin 1988 [ref. 6861], Nalbant 1995:498 [ref. 23190], Blum 1989:12 [ref. 37553], Burgess 2001:62 [ref. 25030], Pyle 2001:3226 [ref. 26117], Burgess 2003:1664 [ref. 27101], Smith et al. 2003:302 [ref. 27125], Pyle & Kosaki 2016:137 [ref. 34720], Brown et al. 2019:178 [ref. 36444], Copus et al. 2019:125 [ref. 36622]). Current status: Valid as Prognathodes Gill 1862. Chaetodontidae: Chaetodontinae.