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

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,