Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Scombriformes > Family Centrolophidae > Genus Schedophilus

Schedophilus medusophagus (Cocco, 1839)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Schedophilus*	Cocco, 1839	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Centrolophus medusophagus*	Cocco, 1839	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

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

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

Norwegian Nynorsk: 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	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
additional source	Cocco, A. (1829). Sullo Schedophilus medusophagus. Giorn. Gabin. Litt. Messina. 1: 30-32.
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
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Schedophilus medusophagus, by Bañón Díaz, R.)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Schedophilus medusophagus (Cocco, 1839). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126833