Schedophilus
| Schedophilus | |
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| Cornish Blackfish (S. medusophagus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Family: | Centrolophidae |
| Genus: | Schedophilus Cocco, 1839 |
| Type species | |
| Centrolophus medusophagus Cocco, 1839
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Schedophilus is a genus of fish in the family Centrolophidae, the medusafish. The genus has a global distribution.
Species[]
There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:[1]
- (Norman, 1937)
- , 1973 (Mocosa ruff)
- Schedophilus huttoni (Waite, 1910) (New Zealand ruffe)
- Schedophilus maculatus Günther, 1860 (Pelagic butterfish)
- Schedophilus medusophagus (Cocco, 1839) (Cornish blackfish)
- Schedophilus ovalis (G. Cuvier, 1833) (Imperial blackfish)
- (Poll, 1959) (Pemarco blackfish)
- (Sauvage, 1879) (African barrelfish)
References[]
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Schedophilus in FishBase. February 2013 version.
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Schedophilus. |
- "Schedophilus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- World Register of Marine Species link: Schedophilus (+species list)
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Categories:
- Centrolophidae
- Marine fish genera
- Ray-finned fish genera
- Taxa named by Anastasio Cocco
- Perciformes stubs