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Chelmon
Genus of fishes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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Chelmon | |
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copperband butterflyfish (C. rostratus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Chaetodontidae |
Genus: | Chelmon Cloquet, 1817 |
Type species | |
Chelmon rostratus |
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