Centrolophidae

New Zealand ruffe

Schedophilus huttoni

Centrolophid Fish from New Zealand Waters

• Southern Hemisphere
• Transcontinental
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Indian Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Africa
• Oceania
• South America
• Elongated
• Large

The New Zealand ruffe, Schedophilus huttoni, is a medusafish of the family Centrolophidae found in southern Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans as far north as latitude 18°S, at depths of up to 1,000 m. Its length is up to 90 cm.