Odacinae - Weed Whitings
Use the table to access images and fact sheets of the odacid fishes on the site. Odacids are also known as cales and rock whitings. Odacids were previously classified in their own family, the Odacidae. They are now regarded as a subfamily (Odacinae) in the family Labridae,
A Rainbow Cale at Gordon's Bay
Erik Schlögl
© Erik Schlögl
| Heteroscarus acroptilus | Rainbow Cale |
| Neoodax balteatus | Little Weed Whiting |
| Odax cyanomelas | Herring Cale |
| Siphonognathus argyrophanes | Tubemouth |
| Siphonognathus attenuatus | Slender Weed Whiting |
| Siphonognathus beddomei | Pencil Weed Whiting |
| Siphonognathus caninis | Sharpnose Weed Whiting |
Mark McGrouther
, Collection Manager, Ichthyology
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Tags fishes, ichthyology, Odacinae, Labridae, Weed Whiting, Cale,
