Longnose Butterflyfish
Chelmon rostratus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Acanthuriformes
- Family
- Chaetodontidae
- Genus
- Chelmon
Where to Find
Found in 18 diving areas across 7 countries and 3 regions.
- Coral Sea, Australia - 192 records
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 58 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 2 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 3 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 5 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 1 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 1 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 2 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 2 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 2 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 3 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 7 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 2 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 3 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 6 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 10 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 8 records
- Koh Tao, Thailand - 1 records