Coradion

Coradion
goldengirdled coralfish (C. chrysozonus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acanthuriformes
Family:	Chaetodontidae
Genus:	Coradion Kaup, 1860
Type species
Chaetodon chrysozonus Cuvier, 1831

Coradion is a genus of marine ray-finned fish in the family Chaetodontidae, the butterflyfishes. They are native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Species

There 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

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Coradion". FishBase. February 2013 version.
2. 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.
3. 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