Chelmon

Chelmon
Temporal range:
Copperband butterflyfish (C. rostratus)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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.