Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Perciformes > Family Centrolophidae > Genus Schedophilus

Schedophilus medusophagus (Cocco, 1839)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Schedophilus*	Cocco, 1829	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): engelsk svartfisk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: engelsk sortfisk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: brown ruff; Cornish blackfish sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37

English-United States: Cornish Blackfish sources: Charles Hussey

Greek: Μεδουσοφάγος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: engelsk svartfisk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: engelsk svartfisk

Norwegian Nynorsk: engelsk svartfisk

Nynorsk (Norwegian): engelsk svartfisk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: engelsk svartfisk; medusafisk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

Welsh: pysgodyn du Cernyw

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37
additional source	Cocco, A. 1829. Sullo Schedophilus medusophagus. Giorn. Gabin. Litt. Messina v. 1: 30-32.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	Fishbase

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

FishBase
Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (63 publications)
GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Schedophilus medusophagus (Cocco, 1839). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126833