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The '''rudderfish''', ''Centrolophus niger'' (known as ''Bermuda chub''<ref>http://www.bartleby.com/65/ru/rudderfi.html</ref>), is a [[medusafish]], the only member of the genus '''''Centrolophus''''' found in all tropical and temperate oceans of the world, at depths of 50 to 1,000 [[metre|m]]. Its length is from 60 to 150 cm. |
The '''rudderfish''', ''Centrolophus niger'' (also known as '''Bermuda chub'''<ref>http://www.bartleby.com/65/ru/rudderfi.html</ref>), is a [[medusafish]], the only member of the genus '''''Centrolophus'''''. It is found in all tropical and temperate oceans of the world, at depths of 50 to 1,000 [[metre|m]]. Its length is from 60 to 150 cm. |
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The rudderfish is a moderately elongate blunt-headed fish with long low [[dorsal fin|dorsal]] and [[anal fin]]s and small [[pectoral fin|pectoral]] and [[pelvic fin]]s. The body is covered in small, soft, easily-shed [[scale (zoology)|scale]]s. |
The rudderfish is a moderately elongate blunt-headed fish with long low [[dorsal fin|dorsal]] and [[anal fin]]s and small [[pectoral fin|pectoral]] and [[pelvic fin]]s. The body is covered in small, soft, easily-shed [[scale (zoology)|scale]]s. |
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| Genus: | Centrolophus Lacépède, 1802
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| Species: | C. niger
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| Centrolophus niger (Gmelin, 1789)
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The rudderfish, Centrolophus niger (also known as Bermuda chub[1]), is a medusafish, the only member of the genus Centrolophus. It is found in all tropical and temperate oceans of the world, at depths of 50 to 1,000 m. Its length is from 60 to 150 cm.
The rudderfish is a moderately elongate blunt-headed fish with long low dorsal and anal fins and small pectoral and pelvic fins. The body is covered in small, soft, easily-shed scales.
Its colour is a uniform dusky brown or black, and the fish is a midwater-living species.
References
- "Centrolophus niger". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 18 April.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=and|year=/|date=mismatch (help) - Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (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