Nemadactylus macropterus
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| Nemadactylus macropterus (J. R. Forster, 1801)
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Nemadactylus macropterus, commonly known as the tarakihi or jackass morwong, is a morwong of the genus Nemadactylus, found off southern Australia, the Atlantic coast of South America, and New Zealand to depths of about 400 m, on all types of bottoms. Its length is between 30 and 60 cm. They were first found on the south-western coast of the North Islands in 1963-72. It is ranked second on the total of New Zealand wet fish but very little is known about them.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Nemadactylus macropterus" in FishBase. January 2006 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
- D. A. Robertson (1978) Spawning of tarakihi (Pisces: Cheilodaetylidae) in New Zealand waters, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 12:3, 277-286, DOI:10.1080/00288330.1978.9515754