Pelagic butterfish

Pelagic butterfish
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
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

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.

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer and 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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