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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Family: | Gempylidae |
| Genus: | Ruvettus Cocco, 1833 |
| Species: | R. pretiosus
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| Ruvettus pretiosus Cocco, 1833
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List
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Oilfish (Ruvettus pretiosus) are a species of snake mackerel with a cosmopolitan distribution in tropical and temperate oceans. They can be found at depths from 100 to 800 metres (330 to 2,620 ft), but most often between 200 and 400 metres (660 and 1,310 ft). Oilfish can grow to a length of 3 metres (9.8 ft), though most do not exceed 1.5 metres (4.9 ft). It is the only known member of its genus.[2][3]
- ^ Collette, B.B.; Curtis, M.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; Pina Amargos, F.; Williams, J.T. & Grijalba Bendeck, L. (2015). "Ruvettus pretiosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T190432A16644022. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T190432A16644022.en. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ruvettus pretiosus". FishBase. April 2013 version.
- ^ Nakamura, I.; N.V. Parin (1993). Snake mackerels and cutlassfishes of the world (families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the snake mackerels, snoeks, escolars, gemfishes, sackfishes, domine, oilfish, cutlassfishes, scabbardfishes, hairtails, and frostfishes known to date. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 15. Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations. ISBN 925103124X.