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Odax pullus (Forster, 1801)

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Odacidae (Cales and weed-whitings)
Etymology: Odax: Greek, odax, = with the teeth (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Forster.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 20 m (Ref. 121916). Subtropical; 35°S - 48°S, 166°E - 179°E

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Southwest Pacific: New Zealand and probably Australia.

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Maturity: Lm 24.6, range 23 - 26.48 cm
Max length : 40.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 6185); max. published weight: 1.5 kg (Ref. 9258); max. reported age: 11 years (Ref. 52272)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabits shallow inshore waters where rocks and brown algae are abundant. Browses on algae and feeds mainly on brown algae Carpophyllum (Ref. 26966), Lessonia spp., and Macrocystis spp. (Ref. 116706).

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Gomon, M.F. and J.R. Paxton, 1985. A revision of the Odacidae, a temperate Australian-New Zealand labroid fish family. Indo-Pac. Fish. (8):57 p. (Ref. 6185)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 18 September 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: minor commercial
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.7502   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00692 (0.00265 - 0.01809), b=3.08 (2.86 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  2.1   ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (tmax=19; K=0.23; tm=1.2-3.9;).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (27 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 115 [66, 233] mg/100g; Iron = 1.33 [0.81, 2.33] mg/100g; Protein = 18.2 [16.1, 20.5] %; Omega3 = 0.271 [0.168, 0.445] g/100g; Selenium = 22.8 [11.7, 46.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 8.15 [2.48, 25.89] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.07 [0.77, 1.53] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.