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Labridae (Wrasses) > Hypsigenyinae
Etymology: Neoodax: Greek, neos = new + Greek, odax, = with the teeth (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Valenciennes.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range 1 - 22 m (Ref. 75154). Subtropical; 32°S - 45°S
Eastern Indian Ocean: southern Australia, from Cockburn Sound, Western Australia to north of Sydney, New South Wales; including Tasmania.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 6185)
Found mainly in estuaries and sheltered inshore waters at depths usually less than 15 m; also found in grass beds and common around shallow rocky reefs.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: commercial
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