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Southern driftfish

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Perciformes

Genus
  
Icichthys

Higher classification
  
Icichthys

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Centrolophidae

Scientific name
  
Icichthys australis

Rank
  
Species

Southern driftfish

Similar
  
Medusafish, Pelagic butterfish, White warehou, Perciformes

The southern driftfish or ragfish, Icichthys australis, is a medusafish of the genus Icichthys found around the world in all southern oceans between latitudes 50° S and 60° S, from the surface down to 2,000 m. Its length is from 35 to 80 cm.

References

Southern driftfish Wikipedia