Chelmon

Chelmon is a genus of 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

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[2]

• 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. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Chelmon in FishBase. February 2013 version.