Biology:Coradion
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Coradion | |
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| goldengirdled coralfish (C. chrysozonus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Chaetodontidae |
| Genus: | Coradion Kaup, 1860 |
| Type species | |
| Chaetodon chrysozonus Cuvier, 1831
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Coradion is a genus of marine ray-finned fish in the family Chaetodontidae, the butterflyfishes. They are native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Coradion altivelis McCulloch, 1916 – highfin coralfish
- Coradion calendula Matsunuma, Motomura & Seah, 2023[2]
- Coradion chrysozonus (G. Cuvier, 1831) – goldengirdled coralfish
- Coradion melanopus (G. Cuvier, 1831) – twospot coralfish
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Coradion in FishBase. February 2013 version.
- ↑ Pskhun (2023-02-10). "Species New to Science: [Ichthyology • 2023 Coradion calendula • A New Butterflyfish (Teleostei: Chaetodontidae) from Australia"]. http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2023/02/coradion.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q142569 entry
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