DSC_4113 Olive rockfish (Acanthoclinus fuscus) juvenile. This widespread NZ species deserves to be associated with the name of Charles Darwin, as it was he who first collected this species, during his brief visit on the Beagle, to the Bay of Islands in 1835. Resident in pools with rocks or boulders, and the only rockfish in estuarine areas. It returns to the same tidal pool as the tide drops. Aquarium Point, Portobello *
DSC_4108 Olive rockfish (Acanthoclinus fuscus) juvenile. This widespread NZ species deserves to be associated with the name of Charles Darwin, as it was he who first collected this species, during his brief visit on the Beagle, to the Bay of Islands in 1835. Resident in pools with rocks or boulders, and the only rockfish in estuarine areas. It returns to the same tidal pool as the tide drops. Aquarium Point, Portobello *
DSC_7937 Olive rockfish (Acanthoclinus fuscus) exposed beneath over turned rock at low tide. Resident in pools with rocks or boulders, and the only rockfish in estuarine areas. It returns to the same tidal pool as the tide drops. Aquarium Point, Portobello *
