New Zealand ruffe

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

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. Its length is up to 90 cm.

References

  1. 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.
  2. 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Schedophilus huttoni". FishBase. June 2024 version.