Greenbone

The greenbone (Odax pullus) is a species of ray-finned fish, a weed whiting from the family Odacidae, which is found around New Zealand. It is also known as the butterfish. This kind of fish belongs to the genus Odax.

Greenbone
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Odax
Species:	O. pullus
Binomial name
Odax pullus (J. R. Forster, 1801)
Synonyms[2]
Scarus pullus J. R. Forster, 1801 Callyodon coregonoides Parkinson, 1843 (ambiguous) Odax vittatus J. Richardson & Solander, 1843 Coregonoides vittatus Solander, 1843 (ambiguous)

Nicknames

It has a variety of nicknames such as butterfish, weed whiting, or false wrasse. It is also called the common weed whiting because it is the type species of the genus Odax.