Chelmonops
Encyclopedia
Chelmonops 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
- Western talmaWestern TalmaThe western talma is a species of butterflyfish in the genus Chelmonops endemic to Australia. It is also known commonly as the truncate butterflyfish.-Description:...
, Chelmonops curiosus KuiterRudie KuiterRudie Kuiter is an Australian underwater photographer, taxonomist, and marine biologist. He has described many new species of seahorse.He was born in the Netherlands.-Publications:* Photo Guide to Fishes of the Maldives by Rudie H. Kuiter...
, 1986 - Truncate coralfishTruncate coralfishThe Truncate Coralfish is a species of butterflyfish in the genus Chelmonops endemic to Australia. It is also known as the Eastern Talma-Description:...
, Chelmonops truncatus (Kner, 1859)