Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Mugiliformes > Family Mugilidae

Chelon Artedi, 1793

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Liza*	Jordan & Swain, 1884	synonym

Children

Chelon auratus (Risso, 1810)
Chelon labrosus (Risso, 1827)
Chelon ramada (Risso, 1827)
Chelon saliens (Risso, 1810)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: メナダ属

Literature

original description	Artedi, A.P. (1793). Sueci synonymia nominum piscium fere omnium. Ichthyologiae pars IV. Editio II. Röse: Grypeswaldiae.
basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
taxonomy source	Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.

Genbank

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Chelon Artedi, 1793. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126030

Dr. Jorg Freyhof. Chelon Artedi, 1793. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/f781acbe-6c45-454a-bedc-90503f1c075d