Blue weed whiting

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.

Blue weed whiting
Blue Weed-whiting, The Esplanade, Flinders VIC 3929, Australia imported from iNaturalist photo 32265267 (cropped).jpg
Conservation status
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Subfamily: Hypsigenyinae
Genus: Haletta
Whitley, 1947
Species:
H. semifasciata
Binomial name
Haletta semifasciata
(Valenciennes, 1840)
Synonyms[2]
  • Odax semifasciatus Valenciennes, 1840
  • Julis dringii J. Richardson, 1843
  • Odax richardsonii Günther, 1862
  • Odax hyrtlii Steindachner, 1866

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References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Haletta semifasciata" in FishBase. August 2019 version.