Olive rockfish
| Olive rockfish | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Plesiopidae |
| Genus: | Acanthoclinus |
| Species: | A. fuscus |
| Binomial name | |
| Acanthoclinus fuscus Jenyns, 1842 | |
The olive rockfish, Acanthoclinus fuscus, is a longfin of the family Plesiopidae. Found only in New Zealand's intertidal zone and in rock pools at low tide, the fish grow to a length of up to 30 cm (12 in).
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Acanthoclinus fuscus" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
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