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Tasmanian ruffe

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Tasmanian ruffe
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Centrolophidae
Genus: Tubbia
Species:
T. tasmanica
Binomial name
Tubbia tasmanica
Whitley, 1943
Synonyms

Mupus 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

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