Chelmonops
| Chelmonops | |
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| Truncate coralfish (C. truncatus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Chaetodontidae |
| Genus: | Chelmonops Bleeker, 1876 |
| Type species | |
| Chaetodon truncatus Kner, 1859
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Chelmonops is a small butterflyfish genus of the family Chaetodontidae. Unlike the mainly tropical distribution of most marine butterflyfishes, Chelmonops is restricted to temperate and subtropical coastal waters along the southern half of Australia.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Chelmonops curiosus Kuiter, 1986 (Western talma)
- Chelmonops truncatus (Kner, 1859) (Truncate coralfish)
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Chelmonops in FishBase. February 2013 version.