Greenbone

Greenbone
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Odax
Species:
O. pullus
Binomial name
Odax pullus
Synonyms
  • Scarus pullus J. R. Forster, 1801
  • Callyodon coregonoides Parkinson, 1843 (ambiguous)
  • Odax vittatus J. Richardson & Solander, 1843
  • Coregonoides vittatus Solander, 1843 (ambiguous)

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

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

  1. 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.
  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Odax pullus" in FishBase. August 2019 version.