Pelagic butterfish

The pelagic butterfish, Schedophilus maculatus, is a medusafish of the genus Schedophilus found in all warm oceans. Its length is up to about 30 cm.

Pelagic butterfish
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Centrolophidae
Genus: Schedophilus
Species:
S. maculatus
Binomial name
Schedophilus maculatus
Günther, 1860
Synonyms[1]
  • Mupus maculatus (Günther, 1860)
  • Seriolella maculata (Günther, 1860)
  • Schedophilus marmoratus Kner & Steindachner, 1867
  • Hoplocoryphis physaliarum Whitley, 1933

References
  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Schedophilus maculatus" in FishBase. February 2018 version.
  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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