Goldengirdled coralfish

Coradion chrysozonus

Fifteen Centimeters Chaetodontid Fish of Australian Waters

Yellow
Tropical
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Oceania
Southeast Asia
Deep-bodied
Compressed cross-section
Medium
Tropical fish

Goldengirdled coralfish is known around Indo-Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 15 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Chaetodontidae
Genus: Coradion
Maximum length: 15 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: scattered colonies along the coast of Queensland, the Frankland Group off north Queensland, Western Australia, and New Guinea; Indonesia and the Philippines, and very seldom along the Chinese coast. Recently reported from Tonga (Ref. 53797 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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