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Chaetodontidae
Blackfin coralfish
Chelmon muelleri
Deep Bodied Chaetodontid Fish of Australian Waters
- Black
- Tropical
- Coastal
- Estuary
- Regional distribution
- Pacific Ocean
- Oceania
- Deep-bodied
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Black
Tropical
Regional distribution
Deep-bodied
MediumChelmon muelleri, the blackfin coralfish or Muller's coralfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish in the family Chaetodontidae. It is a reef fish which is endemic to Australia.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Chaetodontidae
- Genus
- Chelmon
- Maximum length
- 20.5 cm
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Western Pacific: found exclusively on coastal reefs and estuaries of Queensland. Recently recorded from northwestern Australia (Ref. 5978 , 3131 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
