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]
| New Zealand ruffe | |
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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] | |
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References
edit- 1 2 Iwamoto, T. (2015). "Schedophilus huttoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015 e.T21113133A21914705. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T21113133A21914705.en.
- 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Schedophilus huttoni". FishBase. June 2024 version.
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