Chelmon

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|Miocene|present|ref={{cite journal

|last=Sepkoski

|first=Jack

|title=A compendium of fossil marine animal genera

|journal=Bulletins of American Paleontology

|volume=364

|page=560

|year=2002

|url=http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class

|accessdate=2008-01-08

|url-status=dead

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220223520/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class

|archivedate=2009-02-20

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| image = Chelmon rostratus Luc Viatour.jpg

| image_caption = Copperband butterflyfish (C. rostratus)

| taxon = Chelmon

| authority = Cloquet, 1817

| type_species = Chelmon rostratus

| type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758{{Cof family | family = Chaetodontidae | access-date = 20 November 2020}}

}}

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:{{FishBase genus | genus = Chelmon| month = February | year = 2013}}

Chelmon marginalis J. Richardson, 1842 – margined coralfish
Chelmon muelleri Klunzinger, 1880 – blackfin coralfish
Chelmon rostratus (Linnaeus, 1758) – copperband butterflyfish

The only known potential fossil of this genus is Chelmon fossilis de Beaufort, 1926 from the Miocene of Sulawesi, Indonesia. However, its placement within this genus is in doubt, although it is most likely a chaetodontid.{{Cite journal |last1=Marrama' |first1=Giuseppe |last2=Giusberti |first2=Luca |last3=Carnevale |first3=Giorgio |date=2022-04-28 |title=A Rupelian Coral Reef Fish Assemblage from the Venetian Southern Alps (Berici Hills, Ne Italy) |journal=Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia |language=en |volume=128 |issue=2 |doi=10.54103/2039-4942/16601 |issn=2039-4942|doi-access=free }}

References

Category:Marine fish genera

Category:Taxa named by Hippolyte Cloquet