''Schedophilus'' is a
genus
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of 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
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* The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries
** People or things connected with the Norm ...
, 1937)
* ''
Schedophilus haedrichi''
Chirichigno F., 1973 (Mocosa ruff)
* ''
Schedophilus huttoni''
( Waite, 1910) (New Zealand ruffe)
* ''
Schedophilus maculatus''
Günther, 1860 (Pelagic butterfish)
* ''
Schedophilus medusophagus''
(Cocco
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, 1839) (Cornish blackfish)
* ''
Schedophilus ovalis''
(G. Cuvier
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, 1833) (Imperial blackfish)
* ''
Schedophilus pemarco''
(Poll
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, 1959) (Pemarco blackfish)
* ''
Schedophilus velaini''
( Sauvage, 1879) (African barrelfish)
References
External links
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Centrolophidae
Marine fish genera
Ray-finned fish genera
Taxa named by Anastasio Cocco
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