The southern driftfish or ragfish, ''Icichthys australis'', is a

medusafish Medusafishes are a family, Centrolophidae, of percomorph fishes. The family includes about 31 species. They are found in temperate and tropical waters throughout the world. Young ''Icichthys lockingtoni'' specimens are abundant in the coastal w ...

of the genus ''

Icichthys ''Icichthys'' is a genus of medusafishes that are native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the northern Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently two recognized species in this genus: * '' Icichthys australis'' Haedrich, 1966 (Southern driftfish ...

'' 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.

References

* * Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand'', (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) {{Taxonbar, from=Q6404012 Centrolophidae Fish described in 1966