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) | |
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.
Endemic marine fish of New Zealand
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Acanthoclinus littoreus |
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