New Zealand rockfish | |
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A New Zealand rockfish found near Kaikōura | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Family: | Plesiopidae |
Genus: | Acanthoclinus |
Species: | A. littoreus
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Binomial name | |
Acanthoclinus littoreus (Forster, 1801)
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Synonyms | |
Acanthoclinus quadridactylus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) |
The New Zealand rockfish, Acanthoclinus littoreus, is a roundhead of the genus Acanthoclinus, found only in New Zealand from shallow depths to 15 m. Their length is between 5 and 15 cm.
References
- "Acanthoclinus littoreus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 March 2006.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Acanthoclinus littoreus" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8