New Zealand rockfish
| New Zealand rockfish | |
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| A New Zealand rockfish found near Kaikōura | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
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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
[edit]- "Acanthoclinus littoreus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 March 2006.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Acanthoclinus littoreus". 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