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Stout rockfish

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Species of fish

Stout rockfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Plesiopidae
Genus: Acanthoclinus
Species: A. marilynae
Binomial name
Acanthoclinus marilynae
(Hardy, 1985)
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. The specific name honours Hardy's wife, Marilyn.

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Acanthoclinus marilynae". FishBase. May 2006 version.
  2. 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.
Taxon identifiers
Acanthoclinus marilynae


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