| Rudderfish | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Centrolophidae |
| Genus: | Centrolophus Lacépède, 1802 |
| Species: | C. niger |
| Binomial name | |
| Centrolophus niger (Gmelin, 1789) |
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The rudderfish, Centrolophus niger is a medusafish, the only member of the genus Centrolophus. It is found in all tropical and temperate oceans at depths of 50 to 1,000 m. Its length is from 60 to 150 cm.