Odax

Odax pullus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Labroidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Perciformes Subordo: Labroidei

Familia: Odacidae
Genus: Odax
Species: O. cyanoallix – O. cyanomelas – O. pullus

Name

Odax Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840: 299

Type species: Scarus pullus Forster, 1801

Type by subsequent designation

Gender: masculine

References

• Cuvier, G. & Valenciennes, A. 1840. Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Histoire naturelle des poissons, 14 : i–xxii + 2 pp. + 1–464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389–420. [Valenciennes authored volume. i–xx + 1–344 in Strasbourg edition. Published as 1839.]
• Gomon, M.F., Glover, J.C.M. & Kuiter, R.H. 1994. (Eds.) The fishes of Australia's south coast. Flora and Fauna of South Australia Handbooks Committee. State Printer, Adelaide. 992 pp. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Butterfishes