Chelmon muelleri, Blackfin coralfish : fisheries, aquarium

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Chelmon muelleri Klunzinger, 1879

Blackfin coralfish
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> Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > Chaetodontidae (Butterflyfishes)
Etymology: Chelmon: Greek, cheilon, -onos = a grey mullet (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Baron Dr Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Müller (1825–1896) was a German-born Australian botanist, geographer, explorer, physician, and naturalist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Klunzinger.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range Ecologia

marino; salmastro associati a barriera corallina; non migratori; distribuzione batimetrica 2 - 10 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical; 10°S - 30°S

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Western Pacific: found exclusively on coastal reefs and estuaries of Queensland. Recently recorded from northwestern Australia (Ref. 5978, 3131).

Size / Peso / Age

Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.5 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 4859)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale) : 9 - 10; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 26 - 30; Spine anali: 3; Raggi anali molli: 18 - 21.
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Prefer algae covered and mud bottoms areas of estuaries and coastal reefs (Ref. 9710). Usually occur in pairs. Feed on small benthic invertebrates (Ref. 9710). Oviparous (Ref. 205). Form pairs during breeding (Ref. 205).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Form pairs during breeding (Ref. 205).

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Steene, R.C., 1978. Butterfly and angelfishes of the world. A.H. & A.W. Reed Pty Ltd., Australia. vol. 1. 144 p. (Ref. 4859)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 09 October 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesca: commerciale; Acquario: Commerciale
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Fonte Biblio. 123201): 25 - 28.8, mean 27.4 °C (based on 600 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio. 82804):  PD50 = 0.6250   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02239 (0.01097 - 0.04568), b=3.01 (2.84 - 3.18), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio. 69278):  3.5   ±0.37 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio. 120179):  Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (11 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 88.4 [45.9, 145.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.73 [0.43, 1.22] mg/100g; Protein = 19.1 [18.0, 20.2] %; Omega3 = 0.114 [0.068, 0.192] g/100g; Selenium = 23.4 [12.2, 45.0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 50.1 [14.6, 170.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.51 [1.01, 2.19] mg/100g (wet weight);