''Acanthoclinus'' is a genus of roundheads of the family
Plesiopidae
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. They are elongated in shape with large mouths and eyes, and are found in the oceans around
New Zealand
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. The species in the genus include:
* ''
Acanthoclinus fuscus''
Jenyns, 1841 (Olive rockfish)
* ''
Acanthoclinus littoreus''
( Forster, 1801) (New Zealand rockfish)
* ''
Acanthoclinus marilynae''
(Hardy
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* Mount Hardy, Enderby Land
* Hardy Cove, Greenwich Island
* Hardy Rocks, Biscoe Islands
Australia
* Hardy, ...
, 1985) (Stout rockfish)
* ''
Acanthoclinus matti''
(Hardy, 1985)
* ''
Acanthoclinus rua''
(Hardy, 1985) (Little rockfish)
References
Acanthoclininae
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