Medusafish
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Medusafishes are a family, Centrolophidae, of perciform fishes. They are found in temperate and tropical waters throughout the world.
Young Icichthys lockingtoni are abundant in the coastal waters of the north Pacific, where they are often found in association with jellyfish
, which provides them with protection from predators and opportunities to scavenge the remains of the jellyfish's meals.
Young Icichthys lockingtoni are abundant in the coastal waters of the north Pacific, where they are often found in association with jellyfish
Jellyfish
Jellyfish are free-swimming members of the phylum Cnidaria. Medusa is another word for jellyfish, and refers to any free-swimming jellyfish stages in the phylum Cnidaria...
, which provides them with protection from predators and opportunities to scavenge the remains of the jellyfish's meals.
Species
There are 31 species in seven genera:- Genus Centrolophus
- RudderfishRudderfishThe rudderfish, Centrolophus niger is a medusafish, the only member of the genus Centrolophus. It is found in all tropical and temperate oceans at depths of 50 to 1,000 m...
, Centrolophus niger (GmelinJohann Friedrich GmelinJohann Friedrich Gmelin was a German naturalist, botanist, entomologist, herpetologist and malacologist.- Education :Johann Friedrich Gmelin was born as the eldest son of Philipp Friedrich Gmelin in 1748 in Tübingen...
, 1789).
- Rudderfish
- Genus Hyperoglyphe
- Antarctic butterfishAntarctic butterfishThe Antarctic butterfish, deepsea trevally, blue eye trevalla, bluenose sea bass, or deep sea trevalla, Hyperoglyphe antarctica, is a medusafish of the family Centrolophidae found in all the southern oceans, at depths of between 40 and 1,500 m...
, Hyperoglyphe antarctica (Carmichael, 1819). - Black driftfish, Hyperoglyphe bythites (Ginsburg, 1954).
- Hyperoglyphe japonica (Döderlein, 1884).
- Hyperoglyphe macrophthalma (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915).
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, Hyperoglyphe perciformis (Mitchill, 1818). - Black butterfish, Hyperoglyphe pringlei (Smith, 1949).
- Antarctic butterfish
- Genus Icichthys
- Southern driftfishSouthern driftfishThe southern driftfish or ragfish, Icichthys australis, is a medusafish of the genus Icichthys found around the world in all southern oceans between latitudes 50° S and 60° S, from the surface down to 2,000 m...
, Icichthys australis Haedrich, 1966. - Medusafish, Icichthys lockingtoni JordanDavid Starr JordanDavid Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenicist, ichthyologist, educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University.-Early life and education:...
& Gilbert, 1880.
- Southern driftfish
- Genus Psenopsis
- Melon seed, Psenopsis anomala (TemminckCoenraad Jacob TemminckCoenraad Jacob Temminck was a Dutch aristocrat and zoologist.Temminck was the first director of the National Natural History Museum at Leiden from 1820 until his death. His Manuel d'ornithologie, ou Tableau systematique des oiseaux qui se trouvent en Europe was the standard work on European birds...
& SchlegelHermann SchlegelHermann Schlegel was a German ornithologist and herpetologist.-Early life and education:Schlegel was born at Altenburg, the son of a brassfounder. His father collected butterflies, which stimulated Schlegel's interest in natural history...
, 1844). - Indian ruff, Psenopsis cyanea (AlcockAlfred William AlcockAlfred William Alcock was a British physician naturalist and carcinologist.Alcock was the son of a sea-captain, John Alcock in Bombay, India who retired to live in Blackheath...
, 1890). - Blackspot butterfish, Psenopsis humerosa Munro, 1958.
- Psenopsis intermedia Piotrovsky, 1987.
- Obscure ruff, Psenopsis obscura Haedrich, 1967.
- Psenopsis shojimai Ochiai & Mori, 1965.
- Melon seed, Psenopsis anomala (Temminck
- Genus SchedophilusSchedophilusSchedophilus is a genus of medusafish with a global distribution....
- Schedophilus griseolineatus (Norman, 1937).
- Mocosa ruff, Schedophilus haedrichi Chirichigno F., 1973.
- New Zealand ruffeNew Zealand ruffeThe New Zealand ruffe, Schedophilus huttoni, is a medusafish of the family Centrolophidae found in all southern oceans south of latitude 18°S, at depths of up to 1,000 m. Its length is up to 90 cm....
, Schedophilus huttoni (Waite, 1910). - Pelagic butterfishPelagic butterfishThe 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:...
, Schedophilus maculatus Günther, 1860. - Schedophilus marmoratus Kner & SteindachnerFranz SteindachnerFranz Steindachner was an Austrian zoologist.- Work and career :Being interested in natural history, Steindachner took up the study of fossil fishes on the recommendation of his friend Eduard Suess...
, 1867. - Cornish blackfish, Schedophilus medusophagus (Cocco, 1839).
- Imperial blackfishImperial blackfishThe imperial blackfish, Schedophilus ovalis, is a medusafish of the family Centrolophidae found in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea, at depths of between 70 and 700 m. Its length is up to 100 cm....
, Schedophilus ovalis (CuvierGeorges CuvierGeorges Chrétien Léopold Dagobert Cuvier or Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier , known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist...
, 1833). - Pemarco blackfish, Schedophilus pemarco (Poll, 1959).
- African barrelfish, Schedophilus velaini (Sauvage, 1879).
- Genus Seriolella
- Common warehouCommon warehouThe common warehou, Seriolella brama, is a medusafish of the family Centrolophidae found off southern Australia and around New Zealand, at depths of between 50 and 400 m...
, Seriolella brama (Günther, 1860). - White warehouWhite warehouThe white warehou, Seriolella caerulea, is a medusafish of the family Centrolophidae found in the southern Pacific and southern Atlantic oceans, at depths of between 500 and 800 m...
, Seriolella caerulea Guichenot, 1848. - Choicy ruff, Seriolella porosa (RichardsonJohn Richardson (naturalist)Sir John Richardson was a Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer.Richardson was born at Dumfries. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University, and became a surgeon in the navy in 1807. He traveled with John Franklin in search of the Northwest Passage on the Coppermine Expedition of...
, 1845). - Silver warehouSilver warehouThe silver warehou, Seriolella punctata, is a medusafish of the family Centrolophidae found in the southern Indian and southern Pacific oceans, at depths of between 100 and 650 m...
, Seriolella punctata (ForsterJohann Reinhold ForsterJohann Reinhold Forster was a German Lutheran pastor and naturalist of partial Scottish descent who made contributions to the early ornithology of Europe and North America...
, 1801). - Seriolella tinro Gavrilov, 1973.
- Palm ruff, Seriolella violacea Guichenot, 1848.
- Common warehou
- Genus Tubbia
- Tasmanian ruffeTasmanian ruffeThe Tasmanian ruffe, Tubbia tasmanica, the only member of the genus Tubbia, is a medusafish of the family Centrolophidae, found in temperate waters in the Indian and southwest Pacific Oceans, at depths of between 700 and 850 m. Its length is up to 67 cm....
, Tubbia tasmanica Whitley, 1943.
- Tasmanian ruffe