Stout rockfish
Encyclopedia
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.
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 family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Plesiopidae, 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...
's subtidal zone and in rock pools at low tide. Their length is up to 17 cm.