Coradion is a genus of marine ray-finned fish in the family Chaetodontidae, the butterflyfishes. They are native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
| Coradion | |
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| goldengirdled coralfish (C. chrysozonus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Chaetodontidae |
| Genus: | Coradion Kaup, 1860 |
| Type species | |
| Chaetodon chrysozonus Cuvier, 1831
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Species
editThere are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Coradion altivelis McCulloch, 1916 – highfin coralfish
- Coradion calendula Matsunuma, Tatsuya Matsumoto, Motomura, Ying Giat Seah & Tun Nurul Aimi Mat Jaafar, 2023[2][3]
- Coradion chrysozonus (G. Cuvier, 1831) – goldengirdled coralfish
- Coradion melanopus (G. Cuvier, 1831) – twospot coralfish
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Coradion". FishBase. February 2013 version.
- ^ Pskhun (2023-02-10). "Species New to Science: [Ichthyology • 2023] Coradion calendula • A New Butterflyfish (Teleostei: Chaetodontidae) from Australia". Species New to Science. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
- ^ Matsunuma, M., Matsumoto, T., Motomura, H., Seah, Y.G. & Jaafar, T.N.A.M. (2023) Coradion calendula, a new butterflyfish from Australia (Teleostei: Chaetodontidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 40, 1-28.; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7504828