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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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Odax cyanoallix |
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 | |
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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 |
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]