Red morwong
| Red morwong | |
|---|---|
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cheilodactylidae |
| Genus: | Cheilodactylus |
| Species: | C. fuscus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cheilodactylus fuscus Castelnau, 1879 | |
The red morwong, Cheilodactylus fuscus, is a morwong, a species of fish found off southeast Australia and the North Island of New Zealand from shallow depths to 50 m, on rocky reef and coastal areas. Its length is between 30 and 60 cm.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Cheilodactylus fuscus" in FishBase. September 2011 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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