WoRMS taxon details
Schedophilus medusophagus (Cocco, 1839)
126833 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126833)
accepted
Species
Centrolophus britannicus Günther, 1860 · unaccepted
Centrolophus medusophagus Cocco, 1839 · unaccepted
Lirus medusophagus (Cocco, 1839) · unaccepted
Mupus medusophagus (Cocco, 1839) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Centrolophus medusophagus Cocco, 1839) Cocco, A. (1839). Ittiologia. [Sopra un nuovo genere di pesci della famiglia de' Centrolofini e di una nuova specie di Trachurus.]. <em>L' Innominato, Giornale di Amena Letteratura e Belle Arti Anno.</em> 3 (no. 7): 56-59.
page(s): 57 [details]
page(s): 57 [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Grand Banks, Canada to North Carolina, USA
Distribution Western Atlantic: Grand Banks, Canada to North Carolina, USA [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Schedophilus medusophagus (Cocco, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126833 on 2024-08-18
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original description
(of Centrolophus medusophagus Cocco, 1839) Cocco, A. (1839). Ittiologia. [Sopra un nuovo genere di pesci della famiglia de' Centrolofini e di una nuova specie di Trachurus.]. <em>L' Innominato, Giornale di Amena Letteratura e Belle Arti Anno.</em> 3 (no. 7): 56-59.
page(s): 57 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. <i>J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A)</i>: 1-37 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 30 [details]
additional source Cocco, A. (1829). Sullo <i>Schedophilus medusophagus</i>. <em>Giorn. Gabin. Litt. Messina.</em> 1: 30-32.
page(s): 30 [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
page(s): 57 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. <i>J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A)</i>: 1-37 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 30 [details]
additional source Cocco, A. (1829). Sullo <i>Schedophilus medusophagus</i>. <em>Giorn. Gabin. Litt. Messina.</em> 1: 30-32.
page(s): 30 [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
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From other sources
Diet Feeds on medusae and ctenophores [details]Distribution Western Atlantic: Grand Banks, Canada to North Carolina, USA [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Language | Name | |
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Danish | engelsk sortfisk | [details] |
English | Cornish blackfishbrown ruff | [details] |
Modern Greek (1453-) | Μεδουσοφάγος | [details] |
Norwegian Bokmål | engelsk svartfisk | [details] |
Norwegian Nynorsk | engelsk svartfisk | [details] |
Swedish | medusafiskengelsk svartfisk | [details] |
Welsh | pysgodyn du Cernyw | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Mupus medusophagus (Cocco, 1839))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Centrolophus britannicus Günther, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Lirus medusophagus (Cocco, 1839))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (65 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Centrolophus medusophagus Cocco, 1839)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Schedophilus medusophagus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Centrolophus medusophagus Cocco, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Mupus medusophagus (Cocco, 1839))
To FishBase (from synonym Centrolophus britannicus Günther, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Lirus medusophagus (Cocco, 1839))
To FishBase images (Schedophilus medusophagus, by Bañón Díaz, R.)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 48 proteins)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 48 proteins) (from synonym Centrolophus medusophagus Cocco, 1839)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Mupus medusophagus (Cocco, 1839))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Centrolophus britannicus Günther, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Lirus medusophagus (Cocco, 1839))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (65 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Centrolophus medusophagus Cocco, 1839)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Schedophilus medusophagus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Centrolophus medusophagus Cocco, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Mupus medusophagus (Cocco, 1839))
To FishBase (from synonym Centrolophus britannicus Günther, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Lirus medusophagus (Cocco, 1839))
To FishBase images (Schedophilus medusophagus, by Bañón Díaz, R.)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 48 proteins)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 48 proteins) (from synonym Centrolophus medusophagus Cocco, 1839)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS