Bluefinned butterfish

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Bluefinned butterfish
Odax cyanoallix (AM MA120978).jpg
Conservation status
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Odax
Species:
O. cyanoallix
Binomial name
Odax cyanoallix
Ayling & Paxton, 1983

The bluefinned butterfish (Odax cyanoallix) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a weed whiting from the family Odacidae. It is found in shallow reef areas where brown seaweed is abundant.

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References

  1. Russell, B.. 'Odax cyanoallix'. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012 (2012)IUCN. p. e.T190677A17774268. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190677A17774268.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Odax cyanoallix" in FishBase. February 2014 version.