Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Perciformes > Family Centrolophidae > Genus Schedophilus

Schedophilus ovalis (Cuvier, 1833)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Schedophilus*	Cocco, 1829	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: ovale zwartvis sources: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium

English: imperial blackfish sources: Eneman, E. (1990). Schedophilus ovalis (Cuvier, 1833), a new fish species for the North Sea [Schedophilus ovalis (Cuvier, 1833), een nieuwe vissoort voor de Noordzee]. De Strandvlo 10(3): 72-73

French: rouffe impérial sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Greek: Βασιλομεδουσοφάγος

Literature

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, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012

Taxon found in 15 publications.

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (9 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
FishBase
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Schedophilus ovalis (Cuvier, 1833). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126834