Pelagic butterfish

Pelagic butterfish
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Centrolophidae
Genus: Schedophilus
Species: S. maculatus
Binomial name
Schedophilus maculatus
Günther, 1860

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

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