Biology:Pelagic butterfish
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Short description: Species of fish
| Pelagic butterfish | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Family: | Centrolophidae |
| Genus: | Schedophilus |
| Species: | S. maculatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Schedophilus maculatus Günther, 1860
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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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
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Schedophilus maculatus" in 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
Wikidata ☰ Q2560023 entry
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