Stout rockfish
Appearance
Stout rockfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Family: | Plesiopidae |
Genus: | Acanthoclinus |
Species: | A. marilynae
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Binomial name | |
Acanthoclinus marilynae (Hardy, 1985)
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Synonyms | |
Taumakoides 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.[1] The specific name honours Hardy's wife, Marilyn.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Acanthoclinus marilynae". FishBase. May 2006 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (29 March 2018). "Subseries OVALENTARIA: Incertae sedis". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 28 September 2018.