Stout rockfish

Stout rockfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.[1] The specific name honours Hardy's wife, Marilyn.[2]

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.


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