New Zealand rockfish
| New Zealand rockfish | |
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| A New Zealand rockfish found nearKaikōura | |
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) | |
TheNew Zealand rockfish,Acanthoclinus littoreus,is aroundheadof the genusAcanthoclinus,found only inNew Zealandfrom shallow depths to 15 m. Their length is between 5 and 15 cm.
References
[edit]- "Acanthoclinus littoreus".Integrated Taxonomic Information System.Retrieved19 March2006.
- 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)ISBN0-00-216987-8