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Chelmonops
Truncate coralfish (C. truncatus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acanthuriformes
Family:	Chaetodontidae
Genus:	Chelmonops Bleeker, 1876
Type species
Chaetodon truncatus Kner, 1859

Chelmonops is a small genus of ray-finned fish, butterflyfishes from the family Chaetodontidae. Unlike the mainly tropical distribution of most marine butterflyfishes, Chelmonops is restricted to temperate and subtropical coastal waters along the southern half of Australia.

The name of the genus is a compound of the genus name Chelmon coined by Georges Cuvier for the genus that C. truncatus was originally placed in, and the word ops which means “resembles”.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:

• Chelmonops curiosus Kuiter, 1986 (Western talma)
• Chelmonops truncatus (Kner, 1859) (Eastern talma)

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Chaetodontidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (21 July 2020). "Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 1): Families LOBOTIDAE, POMACANTHIDAE, DREPANEIDAE and CHAETODONTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Chelmonops". FishBase. February 2013 version.

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