Schedophilus

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Schedophilus
Cornish Blackfish (S. medusophagus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Centrolophidae
Genus: Schedophilus
Cocco, 1839
Type species
Centrolophus medusophagus
Cocco, 1839

Schedophilus is a genus of medusafish with a global distribution.

Species

There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Schedophilus griseolineatus (Norman, 1937)
  • Schedophilus haedrichi Chirichigno F., 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)
  • Schedophilus pemarco (Poll, 1959) (Pemarco blackfish)
  • Schedophilus velaini (Sauvage, 1879) (African barrelfish)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Schedophilus in FishBase. February 2013 version.


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