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WoRMS taxon details

Chelmon Cloquet, 1817

AphiaID

206156 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206156)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Chaetodontidae Rafinesque, 1815

Synonymised names

Chaelmo · unaccepted (misspelling)

Chelmo · unaccepted (misspelling)

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Species Chelmon marginalis Richardson, 1842
Species Chelmon muelleri Klunzinger, 1879
Species Chelmon rostratus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Chelmon aculeatus Poey, 1860 accepted as Prognathodes aculeatus (Poey, 1860)
Species Chelmon lol Montrouzier, 1857 accepted as Chelmon rostratus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Chelmon mülleri Klunzinger, 1879 accepted as Chelmon muelleri Klunzinger, 1879 (misspelling)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Chelmon Cloquet, 1817. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206156 on 2026-06-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2013-02-26 10:10:34Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]