Rudderfish
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| Rudderfish | |
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| 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 (Gmelin, 1789) |
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The rudderfish, Centrolophus niger is a medusafish, the only member of the genus Centrolophus. It is found in all tropical and temperate oceans at depths of 50 to 1,000 m. Its length is from 60 to 150 cm.
[edit] References
- "Centrolophus niger". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=172520. Retrieved 18 April 2006.was known as Gymnocephalus messinensis percidae family linked with the species ruffe (gymnocephalus cernuus),ziegel etc.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Centrolophus niger" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 978-0-00-216987-5
