Description

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Common Names

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Rockfish , English , New Zealand

滨海似奇棘鮗 , Mandarin Chinese , China

滨海棘鮗 , Mandarin Chinese , China

濱海似奇棘鮗 , Mandarin Chinese , China

濱海棘鮗 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taumaka , Maori , New Zealand

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Ovalentaria/misc

Family: Plesiopidae

Genus: Acanthoclinus

Species: Acanthoclinus littoreus (Forster, 1801)

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Location

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Southwest Pacific: New Zealand.

Biology

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Eggs are guarded by the male parent (Ref. 205).

Habitat

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demersal