Tasmanian ruffe

Tasmanian ruffe
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Centrolophidae
Genus: Tubbia
Species: T. tasmanica
Binomial name
Tubbia tasmanica
Whitley, 1943

The Tasmanian ruffe, Tubbia tasmanica, is a medusafish of the family Centrolophidae, found in temperate waters in the Indian and southwest Pacific Oceans, at depths of between 700 and 850 m. Its length is up to 67 cm.[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Tubbia tasmanica" in FishBase. November 2014 version.
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