Stout rockfish

Stout rockfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Plesiopidae
Genus: Acanthoclinus
Species: A. marilynae
Binomial name
Acanthoclinus marilynae
(Hardy, 1985)

The stout rockfish, Acanthoclinus marilynae, is a longfin of the family Plesiopidae, found only in New Zealand's subtidal zone and in rock pools at low tide. Their length is up to 17 cm.

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