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Plesiopidae

Little rockfish

Acanthoclinus rua

New Zealand rock dwellers guarding eggs down to eighty meters

Temperate
Island endemic
Southern Hemisphere
Island endemic species
Local endemic species
Restricted distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Oceania
Elongated
Small
Temperate fish

Little rockfish is a marine fish of New Zealand rocks down to about eighty meters. Males stay in reef crevices and guard the developing eggs.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Blennies and Allies
Family: Plesiopidae
Genus: Acanthoclinus
Maximum length: 11.5 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Southwest Pacific: endemic to New Zealand.

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