Blue knifefish
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| Blue knifefish | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Kyphosidae |
| Genus: | Labracoglossa |
| Species: | L. nitida |
| Binomial name | |
| Labracoglossa nitida McCulloch & Waite, 1916 |
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The blue knifefish, Labracoglossa nitida, is a sea chub of the genus Labracoglossa, found off eastern Australia, and around offshore islands of the east coast of New Zealand, to depths of 20 m. Its length is between 15 and 20 cm.
[edit] References
- "Labracoglossa nitida". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=645772. Retrieved 19 March 2006.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2005). "Labracoglossa nitida" in FishBase. November 2005 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
