Biology:Bluefinned butterfish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Odacidae |
| Genus: | Odax |
| Species: | O. cyanoallix
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| Binomial name | |
| Odax cyanoallix Ayling & Paxton, 1983
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The bluefinned butterfish (Odax cyanoallix) a species of marine ray-finned fish, a weed whiting from the family Odacidae, which is 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] Isolated individuals have been recorded elsewhere around the northern North Island.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Russell, B.; Clements, K.D.; Choat, J.H.; Rocha, L.A.; Myers, R.; Lazuardi, M.E.; Muljadi, A.; Pardede, S. et al. (2012). "Odax cyanoallix". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T190677A17774268. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190677A17774268.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/190677/17774268. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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
Wikidata ☰ Q2335150 entry
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