Magpie perch

Magpie perch
Magpie perchadile
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cheilodactylidae
Genus: Cheilodactylus
Species: C. nigripes
Binomial name
Cheilodactylus nigripes
Richardson, 1850

The magpie perch or magpie morwong, Cheilodactylus nigripes, is a morwong of the genus Cheilodactylus, found off southern Australia and northern New Zealand from shallow depths to 250 m. Its length is between 30 and 50 cm.

References

  • Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Cheilodactylus nigripes" in FishBase. January 2006 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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