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Kelpfishes
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Kelpfishes

Chironemus

A kelpfish is a member of the genus Chironemus of perciform fishes in the family Chironemidae, native to coastal Australia and New Zealand.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species

Eastern Kelpfish

speciesChironemus marmoratus

Silver Spot

speciesChironemus maculosus

Western Kelpfish

speciesChironemus georgianus

Insular Kelpfish

speciesChironemus bicornis

Smallscale Kelpfish

speciesChironemus microlepis

Delfin's Kelpfish

speciesChironemus delfini

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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 87429.