| Bluefinned butterfish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Odacidae |
| Genus: | Odax |
| Species: | O. cyanoallix |
| Binomial name | |
| Odax cyanoallix Ayling & Paxton, 1983 |
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The bluefinned butterfish, Odax cyanoallix, a cale of the genus Odax, is found only around Three Kings Islands which is about 80 kilometres north of New Zealand, in shallow reef areas where there is abundant brown seaweed. Its length is between 20 and 35 cm.