Bluefinned butterfish
| Bluefinned butterfish | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Odacidae |
| Genus: | Odax |
| Species: | O. cyanoallix |
| Binomial name | |
| Odax cyanoallix Ayling & Paxton, 1983 | |
Odax cyanoallix, the bluefinned butterfish, a species of weed whiting found only around Three Kings Islands about 80 km north of New Zealand.[2] It is found in shallow reef areas where brown seaweed is abundant.[3] This species can reach a length of 27 centimetres (11 in) SL. It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries.[2]
References
- ↑ Russell, B., Clements, K.D., Choat, J.H., Rocha, L.A., Myers, R., Lazuardi, M.E., Muljadi, A., Pardede, S. & Rahardjo, P. 2012. Odax cyanoallix. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.>. Downloaded on 10 March 2014.
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Odax cyanoallix" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
- ↑ Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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