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Centrolophidae (Medusafishes)
Etymology: Tubbia: Because of Mr. J. Allan Tubb (Ref. 45335); stewarti: Named for Andrew Stewart, an ichthyologist from New Zealand.
Eponymy: Dr John Alan Tubb (1913–1985) was an Australian fisheries expert, academic and amateur naturalist. [...] Andrew Louis Stewart (d: 1958) is Collection Manager: Science (Fishes) at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongerewa. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 30 - 1438 m (Ref. 93030). Tropical
Southwest Pacific: confirmed from off Australia and New Zealand in the Southern Hemisphere'; possibly more widespread in the southern Indian Ocean but this needs confirmation.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 56.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 93030)
The juveniles (6.1-9.9 cm SL) were collected from the epipelagic zone at 30-50 m depth; larger individuals (11.0-56.1 cm SL) occur much deeper in the mesopelagic zone at 525-1438 m depth (Ref. 93030).
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Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Last, P.R., R.K. Daley and G. Duhamel, 2013. A review of the ruddersfish genus Tubbia (Stromateoidei: Centrolophidae) with the description of a new species from the Southern Hemisphere. Zootaxa 3616(5):461-477. (Ref. 93030)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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