Little weed whiting

Little weed whiting
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Subfamily: Hypsigenyinae
Genus: Neoodax
Castelnau, 1875
Species:
N. balteatus
Binomial name
Neoodax balteatus
(Valenciennes, 1840)
Synonyms
  • Odax balteatus Valenciennes, 1840
  • Odax algensis J. Richardson, 1840
  • Odax obscurus Castelnau, 1872
  • Neoodax waterhousii Castelnau, 1875
  • Odax brunneus W. J. Macleay, 1881

The little weed whiting (Neoodax balteatus) is a species of ray-finned fish, a weed whiting from the family Odacidae which is endemic to Australia. It occurs along the Southern Australian coast, including Tasmania.

It is Least Concern.

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Neoodax balteatus" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
  1. Russell, B.; Clements, K.D.; Choat, J.H.; Rocha, L.A.; Myers, R.; Lazuardi, M.E.; Muljadi, A.; Pardede, S.; Rahardjo, P. (2012). "Neoodax balteatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T190676A17773724. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190676A17773724.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.