Southern driftfish

The southern driftfish or ragfish, Pseudoicichthys australis, is a species of medusafish. The Catalog of Fishes places it in the monospecific genus Pseudoicichthys,^[2] but as of 2024 FishBase retains it in the genus Icichthys together with I. lockingtoni.^[3] It is 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.

Southern driftfish
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scombriformes
Family:	Centrolophidae
Genus:	Pseudoicichthys Parin & Permitin, 1969[1]
Species:	P. australis
Binomial name
Pseudoicichthys australis Haedrich, 1966