Pelagic butterfish

Pelagic butterfish
	Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Istiophoriformes
Family:	Centrolophidae
Genus:	Schedophilus
Species:	S. maculatus
Binomial name
	Schedophilus maculatus; Günther, 1860
Synonyms
	Mupus maculatus (Günther, 1860); Seriolella maculata (Günther, 1860); Schedophilus marmoratus Kner & Steindachner, 1867; Hoplocoryphis physaliarum Whitley, 1933;

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

^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Schedophilus maculatus". FishBase. February 2018 version.

Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8

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[FishBase-1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Schedophilus maculatus". FishBase. February 2018 version.

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