Herring cale

Herring cale
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Conservation status
Least Concern Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Labridae
Subfamily:	Hypsigenyinae
Genus:	Olisthops Richardson, 1850
Species:	O. cyanomelas
Binomial name
Olisthops cyanomelas Richardson, 1850
Synonyms
Odax cyanomelas (Richardson, 1850) Olistherops brunneus Macleay, 1878 Olistherops brownii Johnston, 1884 Odax nebulosus Saville-Kent, 1893

The herring cale (Olisthops cyanomelas) is a species of ray-finned fish, a weed whiting from the family Labridae, which is endemic to Australia where it is found along the southern and southeastern coast. It inhabits the surf zone, ranging to a depth of 30 m (100 ft) in rocky areas with plentiful growth of brown algae, which it feeds on. This species grows to a length of 51 cm (20 in) SL. This species is the only known member of the genus Olisthops, but it has frequently been placed in Odax instead.

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