Red morwong

Red morwong
Red morwong
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 Daniel Pauly, 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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