Coradion

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic_taxobox

| image = Orangebanded coralfish (Coradion chrysozonus) (41904795231).jpg

| image_caption = Goldengirdled coralfish
(C. chrysozonus)

| taxon = Coradion

| authority = Kaup, 1860

| type_species = Chaetodon chrysozonus

| type_species_authority = Cuvier, 1831

}}

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

  • Coradion altivelis McCulloch, 1916 – highfin coralfish
  • Coradion calendula Matsunuma, Tatsuya Matsumoto, Motomura, Ying Giat Seah & Tun Nurul Aimi Mat Jaafar, 2023{{Cite web |last=Pskhun |date=2023-02-10 |title=Species New to Science: [Ichthyology • 2023] Coradion calendula • A New Butterflyfish (Teleostei: Chaetodontidae) from Australia |url=http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2023/02/coradion.html |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=Species New to Science}}Matsunuma, M., Matsumoto, T., Motomura, H., Seah, Y.G. & Jaafar, T.N.A.M. (2023) Coradion calendula, a new butterflyfish from Australia (Teleostei: Chaetodontidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 40, 1-28.; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7504828
  • Coradion chrysozonus (G. Cuvier, 1831) – goldengirdled coralfish
  • Coradion melanopus (G. Cuvier, 1831) – twospot coralfish

References

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Category:Chaetodontidae

Category:Taxa named by Johann Jakob Kaup

Category:Marine fish genera

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