Tasmanian ruffe

The Tasmanian ruffe lives in the bathypelagic, marine, depth range 0 - 850 m environment.

The Tasmanian ruffe is greyish to dark brown in color, the young with spots on their flanks. Subadults are found near the surface over deep water, juveniles occur inshore from surface waters down to at least 50 m. More

The Tasmanian ruffe, Tubbia tasmanica, the only member of the genus Tubbia, 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. More

The Tasmanian ruffe, Tubbia tasmanica, the only member of the genus Tubbia, is a medusafish of the family Centrolophidae, found in temperate waters in the Indian... More

Common names

Flabby driftfish in English
Mauve ruffe in English
Pap dryfvis in Afrikaans
Rudderfish in English
Tasmanian rudderfish in English
Tasmanian ruffe in English
Tasmansk sortfisk in Danish (dansk)
塔斯馬尼亞灰柔鯧 in Mandarin Chinese
塔斯马尼亚灰柔鲳 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Perciformes
Family : Centrolophidae
Genus : Tubbia
Species : Tubbia tasmanica
Authority : Whitley, 1943