Bluefinned butterfish

The bluefinned butterfish (Odax cyanoallix) a species of marine ray-finned fish, a weed whiting from the family Odacidae, which is found only around Three Kings Islands about 80 km north of New Zealand.^[2] It is found in shallow reef areas where brown seaweed is abundant.^[3] This species can reach a length of 27 centimetres (11 in) SL. It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries.^[2] Isolated individuals have been recorded elsewhere around the northern North Island.^[1]

Bluefinned butterfish
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Odax
Species:	O. cyanoallix
Binomial name
Odax cyanoallix Ayling & Paxton, 1983