Chelmon

Chelmon is a genus of marine ray-finned fish in the family Chaetodontidae, the butterflyfishes. They are tropical species native to the western Pacific Ocean.

Chelmon Temporal range: 23–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Miocene to Present[1]
copperband butterflyfish (C. rostratus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Chaetodontidae
Genus:	Chelmon Cloquet, 1817
Type species
Chaetodon rostratus Linnaeus, 1758[2]

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[3]

• Chelmon marginalis J. Richardson, 1842 – margined coralfish
• Chelmon muelleri Klunzinger, 1880 – blackfin coralfish
• Chelmon rostratus (Linnaeus, 1758) – copperband butterflyfish

References

1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Chaetodontidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Chelmon in FishBase. February 2013 version.