New Zealand rockfish
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The New Zealand rockfish, Acanthoclinus littoreus, is a roundhead
Longfin
The longfins also known as roundheads or spiny basslets are a family, Plesiopidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes. They are elongated fishes, found in the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.-Species:...

 of the genus Acanthoclinus
Acanthoclinus
Acanthoclinus is a genus of roundheads of the Plesiopidae. They are elongate fishes with large mouths and eyes, and are found in the Indo-West Pacific oceans.-Species:* Acanthoclinus fuscus Jenyns, 1842...

, found only in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

from shallow depths to 15 m. Their length is between 5 and 15 cm.
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