Pelagic butterfish

Pelagic butterfish
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification Edit this 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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Schedophilus maculatus". 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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