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Acanthoclinus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Acanthoclinus

Higher classification
  
Longfin

Order
  
Perciformes

Family
  
Plesiopidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

Lower classifications
  
Olive rockfish, New Zealand rockfish, Stout rockfish, Little rockfish, Acanthoclinus matti

Acanthoclinus is a genus of roundheads of the Plesiopidae. They are elongated in shape with large mouths and eyes, and are found in the oceans around New Zealand. The species in the genus include:

  • Olive rockfish, A. fuscus Jenyns, 1842
  • New Zealand rockfish, A. littoreus (Forster, 1801)
  • Stout rockfish, A. marilynae (Hardy, 1985)
  • A. matti (Hardy, 1985)
  • Little rockfish, A. rua (Hardy, 1985)

    • References

    Acanthoclinus Wikipedia
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