| New Zealand rockfish | |
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| A New Zealand rockfish found near Kaikōura | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | Plesiopidae |
| Genus: | Acanthoclinus |
| Species: | A. littoreus
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| Binomial name | |
| Acanthoclinus littoreus (Forster, 1801)
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| Synonyms | |
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Acanthoclinus quadridactylus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | |
The New Zealand rockfish, Acanthoclinus littoreus, is a roundhead of the genus Acanthoclinus, found only in New Zealand from shallow depths to 15 m. Their length is between 5 and 15 cm.