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Painted moki
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Cheilodactylidae
Genus:
Cheilodactylus
Species:
C. ephippium
Binomial name
Cheilodactylus ephippium

The painted moki, Cheilodactylus ephippium, is a morwong, a species of fish found off southern Australia, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, and northern New Zealand including the Kermadec Islands, from shallow depths to 250 m, on rocky reef and coastal areas. Its length is up to 50 cm.

References

  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Cheilodactylus ephippium" in FishBase. September 2011 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
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