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Margined coralfish (Chelmon marginalis)
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Ecological Illustration of Margined coralfish (Chelmon marginalis)
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Chaetodontidae

Margined coralfish

Chelmon marginalis

Chaetodontid Fish Reaching Eighteen Centimeters

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Deep-bodied
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Margined coralfish is a marine fish from Western Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The largest recorded length is 18 cm.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family
Chaetodontidae
Genus
Chelmon
Water type
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
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