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 Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
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| Centrolophus niger (Gmelin, 1789) |
The rudderfish, Centrolophus niger, is a medusafish, the only member of the genus Centrolophus found in all tropical and temperate oceans of the world, at depths of from 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 (TSN 172520). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 18 April 2006.
- "Centrolophus niger". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
- 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
