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Odacidae (Cales and weed-whitings)
Etymology: Odax: Greek, odax, = with the teeth (Ref. 45335).
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Marine; demersal. Subtropical, preferred ?; 35°S - 47°S
Southwest Pacific: New Zealand and probably Australia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?, range 30 - 40 cm
Max length : 40.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 6185); max. published weight: 1.5 kg (Ref. 9258); max. reported age: 11 years (Ref. 52272)
Inhabits shallow inshore waters where rocks and brown algae are abundant. Browses on algae and feeds mainly on the brown alga Carpophyllum (Ref. 26966).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Gomon, M.F. and J.R. Paxton, 1985. A revision of the Odacidae, a temperate Australian-New Zealand labroid fish family. Indo-Pac. Fish. (8):57 p. (Ref. 6185)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
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