The southern driftfish or ragfish, Pseudoicichthys australis, is a species of medusafish. The Catalog of Fishes places it in the monospecific genus Pseudoicichthys,[2] but as of 2024 FishBase retains it in the genus Icichthys together with I. lockingtoni.[3] It is 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.
| Southern driftfish | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Family: | Centrolophidae |
| Genus: | Pseudoicichthys Parin & Permitin, 1969[1] |
| Species: | P. australis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudoicichthys australis Haedrich, 1966
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References
edit- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Centrolophidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the family Centrolophidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Icichthys australis". FishBase. November 2024 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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