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Nemadactylus
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Nemadactylus

Nemadactylus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, traditionally regarded as belonging to the family Cheilodactylidae, the members of which are commonly known as morwongs. They are found in the South Atlantic, Indian and South Pacific Oceans.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species

Grey Morwong

speciesNemadactylus douglasii

Tarakihi

speciesNemadactylus macropterus

Blue Morwong

speciesNemadactylus valenciennesi

Castaneta

speciesNemadactylus bergi

Gay's Morwong

speciesNemadactylus gayi

Fivefingers

speciesNemadactylus monodactylus

Vema Morwong

speciesNemadactylus vemae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85304.