Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 12 - 14; Dorsal soft rays (total): 3 - 4; Anal spines: 14 - 15; Anal soft rays: 3 - 4. Head and body uniformly brown with a darker blotch on the gill cover. Forehead with a pale stripe. Dorsal and anal fins with orange tips. Distinguished from other rockfishes by its small size, undivided lower lateral line and the single pair of pores on the chin.

Common Names

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Little rockfish , English , New Zealand

新西兰棘鮗 , Mandarin Chinese , China

新西蘭棘鮗 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Ovalentaria/misc

Family: Plesiopidae

Genus: Acanthoclinus

Species: Acanthoclinus rua (Hardy, 1985)

Climate Zone

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Temperate

Location

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Southwest Pacific: endemic to New Zealand.

Biology

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Adults occur in the subtidal zone but may be found in rock pools at low tide (Ref. 9003). Eggs are guarded by the male parent (Ref. 205).

Habitat

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demersal