Tasmanian ruffe
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| Tubbia tasmanica Whitley, 1943 |
The Tasmanian ruffe, Tubbia tasmanica, the only member of the genus Tubbia, is a medusafish of the family Centrolophidae, found in temperate waters in the Indian and southwest Pacific Oceans, at depths of between 700 and 850 m. Its length is up to 67 cm.
The Tasmanian ruffe is greyish to dark brown in color, the young with spots on their flanks. Subadults are found near the surface over deep water, juveniles occur inshore from surface waters down to at least 50 m.
[edit] References
- "Tubbia tasmanica". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
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