Tubbia

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Tubbia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Centrolophidae
Genus: Tubbia
Whitley, 1943
Type species
Tubbia tasmanica
Whitley, 1943

Tubbia, is a genus of the family Centrolophidae.

Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:

Gilbert Percy Whitley was a British-born Australian ichthyologist and malacologist who was Curator of Fishes at the Australian Museum in Sydney for about 40 years. He was born at Swaythling, Southampton, England, and was educated at King Edward VI School, Southampton and the Royal Naval College, Osborne.

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References

  1. Last, P.R., Daley, R.K. & Duhamel, G. (2013): A review of the rudderfish genus Tubbia (Stromateoidei: Centrolophidae) with the description of a new species from the Southern Hemisphere. Zootaxa, 3616 (5): 461–477.