Biology:Blue weed whiting
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Short description: Species of fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Odacidae |
| Genus: | Haletta Whitley, 1947 |
| Species: | H. semifasciata
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| Haletta semifasciata (Valenciennes, 1840)
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The blue weed whiting (Haletta semifasciata) is a species of ray-finned fish, a weed whiting from the family Odacidae, which is endemic to Australia where it is only found along the southern coast. It is found in brackish and marine waters in sheltered locations at depths of from 1 to 7 metres (3.3 to 23.0 ft). This species inhabits areas with a substrate of sand with beds of seagrass where it feeds on small invertebrates and algae and the seagrasses themselves. This species grows to a length of 29 centimetres (11 in) SL. It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries. This species is the only known member of its genus.[2]
References
- ↑ Russell, B.; Clements, K.D.; Choat, J.H.; Rocha, L.A.; Myers, R.; Lazuardi, M.E.; Muljadi, A.; Pardede, S. et al. (2012). "Haletta semifasciata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T190674A17773869. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190674A17773869.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/190674/17773869. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Haletta semifasciata" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q1938564 entry
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