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

Schedophilus ovalis (Cuvier, 1833)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Schedophilus*	Cocco, 1829	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: ovale zwartvis sources: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium

English: imperial blackfish sources: Eneman, E. (1990). Schedophilus ovalis (Cuvier, 1833), a new fish species for the North Sea [Schedophilus ovalis (Cuvier, 1833), een nieuwe vissoort voor de Noordzee]. De Strandvlo 10(3): 72-73

French: rouffe impérial sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Greek: Βασιλομεδουσοφάγος

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	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (9 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
FishBase
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Schedophilus ovalis (Cuvier, 1833). 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:126834