New Zealand ruffe

New Zealand ruffe
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Centrolophidae
Genus: Schedophilus
Species: S. huttoni
Binomial name
Schedophilus huttoni
(Waite, 1910)

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.

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