Muller's Coralfish, Chelmon muelleri Klunzinger 1879
Other Names: Beaked Coralfish, Black-fin Coralfish, Black-fin Coral-fish, Highfin Coralfish, Müller's Coralfish
Muller's Coralfish, Chelmon muelleri, on an inshore fringing reefs at Mackay, Queensland, November 2006. Source: Tony Ayling / iNaturalist.org. License: CC By Attribution-NonCommercial
Summary:
A long-snouted butterflyfish with a pattern of broad brown bars and a large black ocellus on the base of the second dorsal fin.
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Bray, D.J. 2020, Chelmon muelleri in Fishes of Australia, accessed 20 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2407
Muller's Coralfish, Chelmon muelleri Klunzinger 1879
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Distribution |
Endemic to northern Australia from the Kimberly Archipelago, Western Australia, to the southern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, in depths of 1-20 m. Inhabits shallow rocky and silty/muddy reefs, often with extensive algal cover; also found in estuaries. |
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Feeding |
Carnivore - feeds on benthic invertebrates including crabs and polychaete worms. |
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Etymology |
The species is named in honour of botanist Ferdinand von Mueller, who donated his natural history specimens, including the future type of this species, to what is now the Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Germany. |
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Species Citation |
Chelmo muelleri Klunzinger, 1879, Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 16(22): 255. Type locality: Port Denison, Queensland. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2020 |
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Catalog of Fishes |
Muller's Coralfish, Chelmon muelleri Klunzinger 1879
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