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Chelmon
Temporal range: 23–0 Ma
Miocene to Present[1]Copperband butterflyfish, Chelmon rostratus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Chaetodontidae Genus: Chelmon
Cloquet, 1817Species See text.
Chelmon is a genus of tropical fish in the family Chaetodontidae.
Species
- Margined coralfish, Chelmon marginalis Richardson, 1842
- Blackfin coralfish, Chelmon muelleri (Klunzinger, 1880)
- Copperband butterflyfish, Chelmon rostratus (Linnaeus, 1758)
References
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). Species of Chelmon in FishBase. June 2006 version.
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