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: Coradion
Species (3): C. altivelis – C. chrysozonus – C. melanopus
Name
Coradion Kaup, 1860: 137, 146
Gender: neuter
Type species: Chaetodon chrysozonus Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831
Type by subsequent designation of Bleeker, 1876: 304
References
Primary references
Kaup, J.J. 1860: Ueber die Chaetodontidae. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 26 (1): 133–156. BHL
Additional references
Bleeker, P. 1876: Systema Percarum revisum. Pars II. Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles, 11: 289–340.
Links
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Nomenclator Zoologicus
Coradion species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Coradion and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Coradion – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Vernacular names
English: Coralfish
Coradion is a genus of marine ray-finned fish in the family Chaetodontidae, the butterflyfishes. They are native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]
Coradion altivelis McCulloch, 1916 – highfin coralfish
Coradion calendula Matsunuma, Motomura & Seah, 2023[2]
Coradion chrysozonus (G. Cuvier, 1831) – goldengirdled coralfish
Coradion melanopus (G. Cuvier, 1831) – twospot coralfish
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Coradion in FishBase. February 2013 version.
Pskhun (2023-02-10). "Species New to Science: [Ichthyology • 2023] Coradion calendula • A New Butterflyfish (Teleostei: Chaetodontidae) from Australia". Species New to Science. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
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