Imperial blackfish
| Imperial blackfish | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Centrolophidae |
| Genus: | Schedophilus |
| Species: | S. ovalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Schedophilus ovalis (G. Cuvier, 1833) | |
The imperial blackfish, Schedophilus ovalis, is a medusafish of the family Centrolophidae found in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea, at depths of between 70 and 700 m. Its length is up to 100 cm.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Schedophilus ovalis" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
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