New Zealand ruffe

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.[2]

New Zealand ruffe
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Centrolophidae
Genus: Schedophilus
Species:
S. huttoni
Binomial name
Schedophilus huttoni
(Waite, 1910)
Synonyms[2]
  • Centrolophus huttoni Waite, 1910
  • Coroplopus dicologlossops J.L.B. Smith, 1966

References
  1. Iwamoto, T. (2015). "Schedophilus huttoni". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T21113133A21914705. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T21113133A21914705.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Schedophilus huttoni" in FishBase. February 2006 version.


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