Chelmon

Chelmon
Temporal range: 23–0 Ma


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

Chelmon is a genus of 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:[2]

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