Chelmon
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| Chelmon Temporal range: | |
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| Copperband butterflyfish (C. rostratus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Chaetodontidae |
| Genus: | Chelmon Cloquet, 1817 |
| Type species | |
| Chelmon rostratus | |
Chelmon is a genus of marine ray-finned fish in the family Chaetodontidae, the butterflyfishes. They are tropical species native to the western Pacific Ocean.