Odacidae

The Odacidae are a small family of ray-finned fishes formerly classified within the order Perciformes, commonly known as cales, and weed whitings. They are related to the much larger families of the wrasses and parrotfish. More recent workers have classified this family within the order Labriformes, alongside the wrasses and parrotfishes, within the clade Percomorpha.

Odacidae Temporal range: == Odacidae Media == Phyllopharyngodon longipinnis Eastern Blue Groper, Manly, New South Wales, Australia imported from iNaturalist photo 62196538 (cropped) Bodianus pulchellusfrom Atlantic Ocean, Southeast U.S. shelf/slope area A Bluespotted Tuskfish, Choerodon cauteroma, at Dampier, Western Australia. The red hogfish, Decodon puellaris, a medium-sized wrasse occurring on deep coral reefs feeds on small crabs, shrimps, and other bottom-dwelling invertebrates. Hogfish, Albuquerque, NM, USA imported from iNaturalist photo 286792762 Polylepion cruentum Mexico Loreto 7-2-18 8 inches by Chris Wheaton from FishBase Chiseltooth Wrasse, Dangerous Reef St Johns, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt imported from iNaturalist photo 26395031 Terelabrus rubrovittatus Blue Weed-whiting, The Esplanade, Flinders VIC 3929, Australia imported from iNaturalist photo 32265267 (cropped)
Hogfish (Lachnolaimus maximus)
Greenbone (Odax pullus)
Scientific classification
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Genera
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Genera

The following genera are classified in the family Odacidae:

• Haletta Whitley, 1947
• Heteroscarus Castelnau, 1872
• Neoodax Castelnau, 1875
• Odax Valenciennes, 1840
• Olisthops Richardson, 1850
• Siphonognathus Richardson, 1858

References

1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2014). "Odacidae" in FishBase. February 2014 version.