Chelmon

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Chaetodontiformes

Familia: Chaetodontidae
Genus: Chelmon
Species: C. marginalis – C. muelleri – C. rostratus
Name

Chelmon Cloquet, 1817

Type species Chaetodon rostratus Linnaeus, 1758

References

Cloquet, H. (1816-30) Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles. Volumes 1-60.
Chelmon – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Chelmon species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

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.
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

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