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Beaked coralfish

Chelmon muelleri Klunzinger, 1879

Status not recordedbony fish

The beaked coralfish (Chelmon muelleri) is a species in the family Chaetodontidae, order Acanthuriformes.

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Quick facts about the beaked coralfish

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the beaked coralfish live?

Not recorded

Is the beaked coralfish endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the beaked coralfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderAcanthuriformes
  5. familyChaetodontidae
  6. genusChelmon
  7. SpeciesChelmon muelleri Klunzinger, 1879

Synonyms Chelmo muelleri, Chelmo mülleri, Chelmon mülleri

Other names and names in other languages (14)
  • Black-fin coral-fishEnglish
  • Black-fin coralfishEnglish
  • Blackfin coralfishEnglish
  • Highfin coralfishEnglish
  • Muller's coralfishEnglish
  • Müller's coralfishEnglish
  • Peix papallona de MüllerCatalan
  • zobec MüllerůvCzech
  • Sortfinnet pincetfiskDanish
  • Müllers PinzettfischGerman
  • Pez Mariposa de MüllerSpanish
  • Pesce farfalla dal rostro di MüllerItalian
  • Peixe-borboleta-de-MüllerPortuguese
  • Bagangroot

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the beaked coralfish

Other species in the same genus Chelmon.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the beaked coralfish?

The beaked coralfish (Chelmon muelleri) belongs to the family Chaetodontidae in the order Acanthuriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Beaked coralfish (Chelmon muelleri). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/chelmon-muelleri

MLA

“Beaked coralfish (Chelmon muelleri).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/chelmon-muelleri.

BibTeX
@misc{chelmon_muelleri_2026,
  title = {Beaked coralfish (Chelmon muelleri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/chelmon-muelleri},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}