Schedophilus Explained

Schedophilus is a genus 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, 1937)
• Schedophilus haedrichi Chirichigno F., 1973 (Mocosa ruff)
• Schedophilus huttoni (Waite, 1910) (New Zealand ruffe)
• Schedophilus maculatus Günther, 1860 (Pelagic butterfish)
• Schedophilus medusophagus (Cocco, 1839) (Cornish blackfish)
• Schedophilus ovalis (G. Cuvier, 1833) (Imperial blackfish)
• Schedophilus pemarco (Poll, 1959) (Pemarco blackfish)
• Schedophilus velaini (Sauvage, 1879) (African barrelfish)