🦋 Family

Cheilodactylidae

8 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › › Perciformes › Cheilodactylidae

Cheilodactylus fasciatus, the redfingers, is a small Southern African fish found in rocky coastal reefs.

Nemadactylus macropterus is a large silvery fish confirmed to inhabit coastal and reef waters around Australia and New Zealand.

Nemadactylus douglasii, the porae, is a silver reef fish found in the southwestern Pacific around Australia and New Zealand.

Nemadactylus valenciennesi is a large morwong endemic to southern Australian waters, living on offshore rocky reefs.

Chirodactylus brachydactylus is a southern African coastal fish that preys on small benthic invertebrates.

Cheilodactylus spectabilis (red moki/banded morwong) is a banded fish found in coastal reefs of southwestern Pacific Australia and New Zealand.

Dactylophora nigricans, the dusky morwong, is a large fish endemic to southern Australia with varying appearance across life stages.

Cheilodactylus zonatus, the spottedtail morwong, is a fish of the northwestern Pacific found on shallow rocky reefs.

Related Families

Labridae 155 species Pomacentridae 142 species Gobiidae 120 species Serranidae 103 species Blenniidae 86 species Chaetodontidae 82 species Percidae 67 species Carangidae 53 species

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