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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Pelagiaria
Ordo: Scombriformes

Familia: Centrolophidae
Genus: Schedophilus

Schedophilus is a genus of fish in the family Centrolophidae, the medusafish. The genus has a global distribution.
Species

There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:[1]

Schedophilus griseolineatus (Norman, 1937)
Schedophilus haedrichi Chirichigno F., 1973 (Mocosa ruff)
Schedophilus huttoni (Waite, 1910) (New Zealand ruffe)
Schedophilus maculatus Günther, 1860 (Pelagic butterfish)
Schedophilus medusophagus (Cocco, 1839) (Cornish blackfish)
Schedophilus ovalis (G. Cuvier, 1833) (Imperial blackfish)
Schedophilus pemarco (Poll, 1959) (Pemarco blackfish)
Schedophilus velaini (Sauvage, 1879) (African barrelfish)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Schedophilus in FishBase. February 2013 version.

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