New Zealand ruffe | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Centrolophidae |
Genus: | Schedophilus |
Species: | S. huttoni |
Binomial name | |
Schedophilus huttoni (Waite, 1910) |
The New Zealand ruffe, Schedophilus huttoni, is a medusafish of the family Centrolophidae found in all southern oceans south of latitude 18°S, at depths of up to 1,000 m. Its length is up to 90 cm.