New Zealand bigeye

New Zealand bigeye
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acropomatiformes
Family: Pempheridae
Genus: Pempheris
Species:
P. adspersa
Binomial name
Pempheris adspersa
Griffin, 1927
Illustration by Louis Thomas Griffin (c. 1920)

The New Zealand bigeye (Pempheris adspersa) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sweeper from the family Pempheridae. It is endemic to the waters around New Zealand. It inhabitants rocky shores with plentiful overhangs and crevices at depths of from near the surface to 70 metres (230 ft).