Schedophilus
Sign in to saveSchedophilus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Centrolophidae, the medusafish. The genus has a global distribution.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyCentrolophidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 38
- Family
- Centrolophidae
- Collections
- NHMUK, MNHN, AM, CSIRO, BPBM, LACM
- Recorded in
- Netherlands, Salomon(I.), Australia, Indonesia
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- Parent taxon
- Centrolophidae
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- Schedophilus medusophagus.jpg
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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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