New Zealand ruffe
| New Zealand ruffe | |
|---|---|
| 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.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Schedophilus huttoni" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
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