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Chironemus marmoratus (Large kelpfish; Kelpfish; Hiwihiwi; Eastern kelpfish)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The large kelpfish, Chironemus marmoratus, is a kelpfish of the genus Chironemus, found in southern Australia, and between North Cape and East Cape on the North Island of New Zealand, at depths down to 30 m. Their length is between 25 and 40 cm. In New Zealand, the species is known as the hiwihiwi.
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Consumers

Parasitized by 
Encotyllabe chironemi[2]

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1B. C. Russell (1983): The food and feeding habits of rocky reef fish of north‐eastern New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 17:2, 121-145
2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0