Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 34 - 39; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 20 - 25. Caudal rounded with small notch, narrow; pectorals small, rounded (Ref. 6885). Bluish gray to brown, darker on scale pockets, fins dusky to black (Ref. 6885).

Common Names

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Nordpacifisk sortfisk , Danish , Denmark

Brown rudderfish , English , Canada

Brown rudderfish , English , Alaska

Medusafish , English , Canada

Medusafish , English , USA

Medusafish , English , Alaska

Medusenfisch , German , Germany

魚鯧 , Mandarin Chinese , China

鱼鲳 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Cojinoba medusa , Spanish , Mexico

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Scombriformes

Family: Centrolophidae

Genus: Icichthys

Species: Icichthys lockingtoni Jordan & Gilbert, 1880

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Biology

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Found near surface and to at least 91 m depth (Ref. 2850). Young are abundant offshore, often among jellyfish (Ref. 2850).

Habitat

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oceanic

Conservation Status

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Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

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Harmless