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Centrolophus niger (Rudderfish; Blackfish; Black ruff)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The black ruff (Centrolophus niger) is a medusafish, the only member of the genus Centrolophus. It is a mesopelagic fish found in all tropical and temperate oceans at depths of 50 to 1,000 m. Its length is typically up to 60 cm, but it may reach 150 cm. Other common names include rudderfish and blackfish.
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Predators

Onychoprion fuscatus (Sooty Tern)[1]
Stenodus leucichthys (Sheefish)[1]
Sula leucogaster (Brown Booby)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Amphicotyle heteropleura[2]
Bunodera luciopercae[2]
Echinophallus wageneri[2]
Opechona bacillaris[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0