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Chaetodon
Sign in to saveChaetodon is a tropical fish genus in the family Chaetodontidae. Like their relatives, they are known as "butterflyfish". This genus is by far the largest among the Chaetodontidae, with about 90 living species included here, though most might warrant recognition as distinct genera.
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- Parent taxon
- Chaetodontidae
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Proposed subgenera
- Extant species
- ''Chaetodon sensu stricto''
- ''C. robustus'' group
- ''Lepidochaetodon'' group
- ''Megaprotodon'' group
- ''Rabdophorus'' group
- ''Incertae sedis''
- Fossil species
- Evolution & fossil record
- Footnotes
- References
- External links
Chaetodon is a tropical fish genus in the family Chaetodontidae. Like their relatives, they are known as "butterflyfish". This genus is by far the largest among the Chaetodontidae, with about 90 living species included here, though most might warrant recognition as distinct genera.
== Taxonomy == === Proposed subgenera === Several subgenera have been proposed for splitting out of this group. It is becoming clear how the genus might be split up, with a range of DNA sequence data in large parts agreeing with S.D. Blum's landmark 1988 phylogenetic assessment of osteology.