Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Chaetodontidae > Chelmon > Chelmon rostratus

Chelmon rostratus (longnosed butterflyfish; Longnose butterflyfish; Copper-banded butterflyfish; Copperband butterflyfish; Breaked coral fish; Beaked or Copper-banded butterflyfish; Beaked coralfish; Beaked butterflyfish; Banded longsnout butterflyfish; Butterflyfish; Angelfish; Copperhand butterflyfish )

Synonyms: Chaelmo rostratus; Chaetodon enceladus; Chaetodon rostratus; Chelmo rostratus; Chelmon lol
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Wikipedia Abstract

Copperband butterflyfish (Chelmon rostratus), commonly known as beaked coral fish, are found in reefs in both the Pacific and Indian Oceans. This butterflyfish is one of the three species that make up the genus Chelmon and all have long beaks.
View Wikipedia Record: Chelmon rostratus

Attributes

Maximum Longevity [1]  10 years

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Shoalwater and Corio Bays Area Ramsar Site   Queensland, Australia

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Paradiscogaster eniwetokensis[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0