Bluefinned butterfish

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Bluefinned butterfish
Odax cyanoallix Ayling and Paxton, 1983 (AM MA120978-3).jpg

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Odacidae
Genus: Odax
Species:
O. cyanoallix
Binomial name
Odax cyanoallix
& , 1983

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. ^ a b 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". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T190677A17774268. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190677A17774268.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Odax cyanoallix" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
  3. ^ 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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