Schedophilus ovalis Imperial blackfish

Schedophilus ovalisis commonly referred to as Imperial blackfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. A aquarium size of at least 100000 Liter is recommended.

Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz, Madeira

Juvenil - Foto von Peter Wirtz

Juvenil - Foto von Peter Wirtz
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lexID:: 3971
AphiaID:: 126834

Scientific:: Schedophilus ovalis
German:: Ovaler Quallenfresser
English:: Imperial Blackfish

Category:: Butterfishes

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Centrolophidae (Family) > Schedophilus (Genus) > ovalis (Species)
Initial determination:: (Cuvier, ), 1833

Occurrence:: Bermuda, East-Atlantic Ocean, Spain, the Mediterranean Sea
Size:: 23.62" - 31.5" (60cm - 80cm)
Temperature:: 68 °F - 78.8 °F (20°C - 26°C)
Food:: Fish (little fishes), Fish larvae, Jellyfish, Mysis, Plankton, Schrimps
Tank:: 21997.84 gal (~ 100000L)
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Schedophilus griseolineatus
Schedophilus haedrichi
Schedophilus huttoni
Schedophilus maculatus
Schedophilus medusophagus
Schedophilus ovalis
Ovaler Quallenfresser
Schedophilus pemarco
Schedophilus velaini

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2011-12-17 18:14:58
Last edit:: 2011-12-17 18:14:58

Info

The imperial blackfish can get up to one meter in size, typical are however lengths of around 60 cm. It is benthopelagic and lives in depths of around 80 to 240 meters along continental shelves and islands.

Juveniles are epipelagic and live with jellyfish, among others with Physalia physalis, close to the surface.

Scientific paper

Occurrence of Schedophilus ovalis (Cuvier, 1833) (Osteichthyes: Centrolophidae) in the North-Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey, Erguden, D.; Yaglioglu, D.; Turan, C. , 2013
First Record of the Imperial Blackfish Schedophilus ovalis (Cuvier, 1833) from Irish Waters, Together with a Review of NE Atlantic Records, D. T. G. Quigley and K. Flannery, 2004

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz auf Medslugs (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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