Schedophilus
| Schedophilus | |
|---|---|
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| 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
- "Schedophilus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- World Register of Marine Species link: Schedophilus (+species list)
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Schedophilus in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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