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Chelmon
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Chelmon

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.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Copperband Butterflyfish

speciesChelmon rostratus

Margined Coralfish

speciesChelmon marginalis

Muller's Coralfish

speciesChelmon muelleri

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 87394.