New Zealand ruffe
Appearance
New Zealand ruffe | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Istiophoriformes |
Family: | Centrolophidae |
Genus: | Schedophilus |
Species: | S. huttoni
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Binomial name | |
Schedophilus huttoni (Waite, 1910)
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The New Zealand ruffe, Schedophilus huttoni, is a medusafish of the family Centrolophidae found in southern Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans as far north as latitude 18°S, at depths of up to 1,000 m.[1][2] Its length is up to 90 cm.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Iwamoto, T. (2015). "Schedophilus huttoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T21113133A21914705. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T21113133A21914705.en.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Schedophilus huttoni". FishBase. June 2024 version.