Black ruff

Black ruff
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Centrolophidae
Genus: Centrolophus
Lacépède, 1802
Species: C. niger
Binomial name
Centrolophus niger
(J. F. Gmelin, 1789)

The black ruff (Centrolophus niger) is a medusafish, the only member of the genus Centrolophus. It is a mesopelagic fish found in all tropical and temperate oceans at depths of 50 to 1,000 m. Its length is typically up to 60 cm, but it may reach 150 cm. Other common names include rudderfish and blackfish.

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