Marine Species Traits - Chelon Artedi, 1793

WoRMS taxon details

Chelon Artedi, 1793

AphiaID

126030 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126030)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Mugil chelo Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Chelon labrosus (Risso, 1827)

Parent

Mugilidae Jarocki, 1822

Synonymised names

Heteromugil Schultz, 1946 · unaccepted

Liza Jordan & Swain, 1884 · uncertain (synonym)

Pteromugil Smith, 1948 · unaccepted

Strializa Smith, 1948 · unaccepted (synonym)

Direct children (32)

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Species Chelon auratus (Risso, 1810)
Species Chelon bandialensis (Diouf, 1991)
Species Chelon bispinosus (Bowdich, 1825)
Species Chelon caeruleus Deef, 2018
Species Chelon dumerili (Steindachner, 1870)
Species Chelon labrosus (Risso, 1827)
Species Chelon natalensis (Castelnau, 1861)
Species Chelon ramada (Risso, 1827)
Species Chelon richardsonii (Smith, 1846)
Species Chelon saliens (Risso, 1810)
Species Chelon tricuspidens (Smith, 1935)
Species Chelon abu (Heckel, 1843) accepted as Planiliza abu (Heckel, 1843) (senior synonym)
Species Chelon affinis (Günther, 1861) accepted as Planiliza affinis (Günther, 1861)
Species Chelon alatus (Steindachner, 1892) accepted as Planiliza alata (Steindachner, 1892) (senior synonym)
Species Chelon aurata (Risso, 1810) accepted as Chelon auratus (Risso, 1810) (Misspelling)
Species Chelon caeruleum Deef, 2018 accepted as Chelon caeruleus Deef, 2018 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Chelon carinatus (Valenciennes, 1836) accepted as Planiliza carinata (Valenciennes, 1836) (senior synonym)
Species Chelon chelo (Cuvier, 1829) accepted as Chelon labrosus (Risso, 1827)
Species Chelon crenilabis (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Crenimugil crenilabis (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Chelon engeli (Bleeker, 1858) accepted as Osteomugil engeli (Bleeker, 1858)
Species Chelon falcipinnis (Valenciennes, 1836) accepted as Neochelon falcipinnis (Valenciennes, 1836)
Species Chelon haematocheilus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) accepted as Planiliza haematocheilus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) (superseded new combination)
Species Chelon klunzingeri (Day, 1888) accepted as Planiliza klunzingeri (Day, 1888)
Species Chelon macrolepis (Smith, 1846) accepted as Planiliza macrolepis (Smith, 1846)
Species Chelon melinopterus (Valenciennes, 1836) accepted as Planiliza melinoptera (Valenciennes, 1836)
Species Chelon parmatus (Cantor, 1849) accepted as Paramugil parmatus (Cantor, 1849)
Species Chelon parsia (Hamilton, 1822) accepted as Planiliza parsia (Hamilton, 1822) (superseded new combination)
Species Chelon persicus Senou, Randall & Okiyama, 1995 accepted as Planiliza persica (Senou, Randall & Okiyama, 1995) (superseded original combination)
Species Chelon planiceps (Valenciennes, 1836) accepted as Planiliza planiceps (Valenciennes, 1836) (superseded new combination)
Species Chelon subviridis (Valenciennes, 1836) accepted as Planiliza subviridis (Valenciennes, 1836)
Species Chelon tade (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Planiliza tade (Forsskål, 1775) (superseded new combination)
Species Chelon vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) accepted as Ellochelon vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Artedi, A.P. (1793). Sueci synonymia nominum piscium fere omnium. Ichthyologiae pars IV. Editio II. Röse: Grypeswaldiae. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 118 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Chelon Artedi, 1793. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126030 on 2025-05-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Artedi, A.P. (1793). Sueci synonymia nominum piscium fere omnium. Ichthyologiae pars IV. Editio II. Röse: Grypeswaldiae. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 118 [details]

original description (of Liza Jordan & Swain, 1884) Jordan, D. S.; Swain, J. (1884). A review of the American species of marine Mugilidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 7(434): 261-275., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.7-434.261
page(s): 261 [details]

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]