Mado (fish)

Mado (fish)

Taxobox
name = Mado


image_caption = Photo by Ian Skipworth
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Kyphosidae
genus = "Atypichthys"
species = "A. latus"
binomial = "Atypichthys latus"
binomial_authority = McCulloch & Waite, 1916

The mado (in New Zealand), or stripy or eastern footballer (in Australia), "Atypichthys latus", is a sea chub of the genus "Atypichthys", found around southern Australia and the north eastern coast of the North Island of New Zealand to depths of about 60 metres, off headlands and offshore islands. Its length is between 15 and 30 centimetres.

The mado is similar in size and shape to the silver sweep but with a slightly flattened dorsal and ventral profile. The body is silvery with prominent dark yellow-brown longitudinal bands, and all the fins are bright yellow. Small individuals act as cleaners, picking parasites off larger fishes.

Mado may be seen in schools around headlands and caves where there is abundant encrusting animals for these grazing fish to feed on.

References

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*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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