Greenbone
Appearance
| Greenbone | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Odax |
| Species: | O. pullus |
| Binomial name | |
| Odax pullus (J. R. Forster, 1801) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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The greenbone (Odax pullus) is a species of ray-finned fish, a weed whiting from the family Odacidae, which is found around New Zealand. It is also known as the butterfish. This kind of fish belongs to the genus Odax.
Nicknames
[change | change source]It has a variety of nicknames such as butterfish, weed whiting, or false wrasse. It is also called the common weed whiting because it is the type species of the genus Odax.
References
[change | change source]- Russell, B.; Clements, K.D.; Choat, J.H.; Rocha, L.A.; Myers, R.; Lazuardi, M.E.; Muljadi, A.; Pardede, S.; Rahardjo, P. (2012). "Odax pullus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T190678A17774407. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190678A17774407.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ Russell, B.; Clements, K.D.; Choat, J.H.; Rocha, L.A.; Myers, R.; Lazuardi, M.E.; Muljadi, A.; Pardede, S.; Rahardjo, P. (2012). "Odax pullus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T190678A17774407. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190678A17774407.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Odax pullus" in FishBase. August 2019 version.