New Zealand ruffe
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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.
Medusafish
Medusafishes are a family, Centrolophidae, of perciform fishes. They are found in temperate and tropical waters throughout the world.Young Icichthys lockingtoni are abundant in the coastal waters of the north Pacific, where they are often found in association with jellyfish, which provides them...
of the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Centrolophidae found in all southern oceans south of latitude 18°S
18th parallel south
The 18th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 18 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Africa, the Indian Ocean, Australasia, the Pacific Ocean and South America....
, at depths of up to 1,000 m. Its length is up to 90 cm.