Magpie perch
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The magpie perch or magpie morwong, Cheilodactylus nigripes, is a morwong
of the genus Cheilodactylus, found off southern Australia
and northern New Zealand
from shallow depths to 250 m. Its length is between 30 and 50 cm.
Morwong
Morwongs are perciform fishes comprising the family Cheilodactylidae. Most of the almost 30 species are found in temperate and subtropical oceans in the Southern Hemisphere, but three are restricted to northwest Pacific off Japan and China, and C. vittatus is restricted to Hawaii...
of the genus Cheilodactylus, found off southern Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and northern New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
from shallow depths to 250 m. Its length is between 30 and 50 cm.