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Species in the genus Chelmon: [ 7 ] records


enceladus, Chaetodon Shaw [G.] in Shaw & Nodder 1791:no page number, Pl. 67 [The Naturalist's Miscellany; ref. 4013] India. No types known. •Synonym of Chelmon rostratus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Burgess 1978:118 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:162 [ref. 22764]). Current status: Synonym of Chelmon rostratus (Linnaeus 1758). Chaetodontidae: Heniochinae. Habitat: marine.

encladus, Chelmon Gistel [J.] 1848:109 [Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs; ref. 1822] Unneeded new name for Chaetodon rostratus Linnaeus 1758. •Synonym of Chelmon rostratus (Linnaeus 1758). Current status: Synonym of Chelmon rostratus (Linnaeus 1758). Chaetodontidae: Heniochinae. Habitat: marine.

lol, Chelmon Montrouzier [X.] 1857:444 [166] [Annales de la Société d'Agriculture, Histoire Naturelle et Arts Utiles de Lyon (sér. 2) v. 8 (1856); ref. 17789] On p. 166 of reprint. Not available, manuscript name mentioned in passing in synonymy; from Woodlark I., South Pacific. •In the synonymy of Chelmon rostratus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Burgess 1978:118 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:162 [ref. 22764]). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Chelmon rostratus (Linnaeus 1758). Chaetodontidae: Heniochinae.

marginalis, Chelmon Richardson [J.] 1842:29 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (New Series) v. 10 (no. 62); ref. 18628] Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia. Holotype: BMNH 1843.6.15.48 (skin). Also described by Richardson 1846:491, Pl. 4 [ref. 3743]. •Valid as Chelmon marginalis Richardson 1842 -- (Burgess 1978:126 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:162 [ref. 22764], Allen & Swainston 1988:98 [ref. 25477], Blum 1989:12 [ref. 37553], Allen 1997:150 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:362 [ref. 23967], Kuiter 1997:208 [ref. 25488], Hutchins 2001:265 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:36 [ref. 25847], Pyle 2001:3257 [ref. 26117], Senou et al. 2003:2 [ref. 25052], Smith et al. 2003:302 [ref. 27125], Allen et al. 2006:1296 [ref. 29090], Larson et al. 2013:155 [ref. 32988], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:229 [ref. 41223], Allen & Erdmann 2024:568 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Chelmon marginalis Richardson 1842. Chaetodontidae: Heniochinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: northern Australia and Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

muelleri, Chelmo Klunzinger [C. B.] 1879:255 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 16 (no. 22); ref. 18913] Port Darwin, Queensland, Australia. Syntypes: SMNS 2477 (3), 2613 (2). Type catalog: Fricke 1992:8 [ref. 20296], Fricke 2005:25 [ref. 29864] Name appeared as Mülleri in original. Also appeared in Klunzinger 1880:361 [37 of separate] [ref. 2624]. Original genus should have been Chelmon. •Valid as Chelmon muelleri Klunzinger 1879 -- (Burgess 1978:135 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:162 [ref. 22764], Blum 1989:12 [ref. 37553] as mulleri, Randall et al. 1990:230 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:154 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:363 [ref. 23967], Kuiter 1997:208 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:230 [ref. 25919], Hutchins 2001:265 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:36 [ref. 25847], Pyle 2001:3257 [ref. 26117], Senou et al. 2003:2 [ref. 25052], Smith et al. 2003:302 [ref. 27125], Allen et al. 2006:1296 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2012:535 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:156 [ref. 32988], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:231 [ref. 41223], Allen & Erdmann 2024:568 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Chelmon muelleri Klunzinger 1879. Chaetodontidae: Heniochinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: northern Australia and West Papua (Indonesia). Habitat: brackish, marine.

rostratus, Chaetodon Linnaeus [C.] 1758:273 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] In Indiis [Indonesia]. Syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.63 [Gronovius coll.] (1, skin), NRM 54 (1, poor condition). Type catalog: Wheeler 1958:224-225 [ref. 13434], Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:249-250 [ref. 20707]. •Valid as Chelmo rostratus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Condé & Terver 1974:1 [ref. 37209]). •Valid as Chelmon rostratus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Burgess 1978:118 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:162 [ref. 22764], Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:183 [ref. 6441], Blum 1989:12 [ref. 37553], Randall et al. 1990:231 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:219 [ref. 23929], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:408 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:154 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:116 [ref. 26476], Kuiter 1997:208 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:231 [ref. 25919], Fricke 1999:341 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:740 [ref. 25471], Pyle in Randall & Lim 2000:624 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:106 [ref. 25868], Nakabo 2000:886 [ref. 25182], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:102 [ref. 26368], Pyle 2001:3258 [ref. 26117], Nakabo 2002:886 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:42 [ref. 26830], Senou et al. 2003:2 [ref. 25052], Smith et al. 2003:302 [ref. 27125], Adrim et al. 2004:122 [ref. 27715], Allen et al. 2006:1296 [ref. 29090], Satapoomin 2009:189 [ref. 30463], Zuo & Tang 2011:1003 [ref. 32151], Allen & Erdmann 2012:535 [ref. 31980], Satapoomin in Kimura et al. 2018:210 [ref. 36460], Fricke et al. 2019:190 [ref. 36673], Koeda in Motomura et al. 2021:39 [ref. 38121], Farhana-Azmi et al. 2022:7 [ref. 40448], Allen & Erdmann 2024:569 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Chelmon rostratus (Linnaeus 1758). Chaetodontidae: Heniochinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa and Mauritius (Mascarenes) east to Philippines, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Solomon Islands, north to southern Japan, south to northern Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia). Habitat: marine.

tricinctus, Chelmo Castelnau [F. L.] 1875:14 [Official Record, containing Introduction, Catalogues, Official Awards of the Commissioners, Report and Recommendations of the Experts, and Essays and Statistics on the Social and Economic Resources of the Colony of Victoria.; ref. 768] Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-0698. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:138 [ref. 20718]. •Synonym of Chelmon marginalis Richardson 1842 -- (Burgess 1978:126 [ref. 700], Allen 1980:162 [ref. 22764], Larson & Williams 1997:362 [ref. 23967], Allen et al. 2006:1296 [ref. 29090], Larson et al. 2013:156 [ref. 32988]). Current status: Synonym of Chelmon marginalis Richardson 1842. Chaetodontidae: Heniochinae. Habitat: marine.


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