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Schedophilus

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Schedophilus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Centrolophidae, the medusafish. The genus has a global distribution.

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderPerciformes
  5. FamilyCentrolophidae
Habitatmarine

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Specimen records
38
Family
Centrolophidae
Collections
NHMUK, MNHN, AM, CSIRO, BPBM, LACM
Recorded in
Netherlands, Salomon(I.), Australia, Indonesia

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Schedophilus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Centrolophidae, the medusafish. The genus has a global distribution.

==Species== There are currently eight recognized species in this genus: 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)

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