Stout rockfish

Stout rockfish

Taxobox
name = Stout rockfish
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Plesiopidae
genus = "Acanthoclinus"
species = "A. marilynae"
binomial = "Acanthoclinus marilynae"
binomial_authority = (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.

The stout rockfish's head and body are mottled light to dark brown to deep chocolate brown throughout. The fin membranes are greyish brown to black with the tips of the dorsal and anal fins white or orange.

It is distinguished from other rockfishes by having 10 to 12 spines in the anal fin.

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