Bluefinned butterfish

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]

Bluefinned butterfish

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

References

  1. Russell, B.; Clements, K.D.; Choat, J.H.; et al. (2012). "Odax cyanoallix". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T190677A17774268. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190677A17774268.en. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  2. Froese, Rainer and 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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