Chelmon
Encyclopedia
Chelmon is a genus
of tropical fish in the family
Chaetodontidae.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of tropical fish in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Chaetodontidae.
Species
- Margined coralfish, Chelmon marginalisChelmon marginalisChelmon marginalis, commonly known as Margined Coralfish, is a species of tropical fish in the family Chaetodontidae. It was first described by John Richardson in 1842....
Richardson, 1842 - Blackfin coralfish, Chelmon muelleri (Klunzinger, 1880)
- Copperband butterflyfishCopperband butterflyfishThe Copperband Butterflyfish, Chelmon rostratus, also commonly called the Beak Coralfish is found in reefs in both the Pacific and Indian Oceans. This butterflyfish is one of the three species in the genus Chelmon, all being known for having longer beaks.-Description:These fish are easily...
, Chelmon rostratus (Linnaeus, 1758)