Redfingers | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Centrarchiformes |
Family: | Cheilodactylidae |
Genus: | Cheilodactylus |
Species: | C. fasciatus
|
Binomial name | |
Cheilodactylus fasciatus Lacépède, 1803
| |
Synonyms[2] | |
|
The redfingers (Cheilodactylus fasciatus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, belonging to the family Cheilodactylidae, commonly referred to as morwongs. It is found only off the coasts of Namibia and South Africa, in rock pools and from shallow depths to 120 m, on rocky reef areas. Its length is up to 30 cm.