Odacidae
Appearance
Odacidae | |
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A greenbone (Odax pullus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Labriformes |
Family: | Odacidae Günther, 1861 |
Genera[1] | |
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The Odacidae are a small
ray-finned fishes commonly known as cales and weed whitings, formerly classified within the order Perciformes. They are related to the much larger families of the wrasses and parrotfish.[2] More recent workers have classified this family within the order Labriformes, alongside the wrasses and parrotfishes, within the clade Percomorpha.[3]
Odacids are found in coastal waters off Southern Australia and New Zealand. They include species that feed on small invertebrates, as well as herbivorous grazers, some of which are able to feed on chemically unpleasant varieties of kelp otherwise unpalatable to fish.[2]
Genera
The following genera are classified in the family Odacidae:[4]
- Haletta Whitley, 1947
- Castelnau, 1872
- NeoodaxCastelnau, 1875
- Odax Valenciennes, 1840
- Fishbase[5]
- Olisthops Richardson, 1850
- Fishbase[5]
- Siphonognathus Richardson, 1858
monospecific genus Parodax, leaving Siphonognathus as a monospecific genus containing only S. argyrophanes.[6]
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2014). "Odacidae" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
- ^ ISBN 0-12-547665-5.
- ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Odacidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). Species of Siphonognathus in FishBase. August 2006 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Siphonognathus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- "Odacidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 March 2006.