Schedophilus medusophagus, Cornish blackfish

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Schedophilus medusophagus (Cocco, 1839)

Cornish blackfish
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Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Scombriformes (Mackerels) > Centrolophidae (Medusafishes)
Etymology: Schedophilus: Name from Greek words 'phylos' (Φίλος), t) meaning 'one who likes' and "s 'shedia' (Σχεδία) which means raft; literally means 'the one who likes rafts'. This probably refers to the lifestyle ot the juveniles of this genus (Michail Ragousis, mar10091@marine.aegean.gr, pers. Comm. 01/16) which are epipelagic and associate with floating jellyfish..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marino; distribuzione batimetrica 200 - 358 m (Ref. 5951). Subtropical; 64°N - 30°N, 82°W - 36°E

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Point map | Introduzioni | Faunafri

Eastern Atlantic: Iceland (Ref. 12462) and Ireland to Morocco, including Azores and Madeira. Also in the western Mediterranean. Western Atlantic: Grand Banks, Canada to North Carolina, USA (Ref. 7251). Possibly off Australia (Ref. 7251).

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 55.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 30504)

Short description Morfologia | Morfometria

Rear edge of front gill cover with distinct spines. Snout is slightly shorter than the eye diameter (Ref. 35388).

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Feeds on medusae and ctenophores (Ref. 27637).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Bauchot, M.-L., 1987. Poissons osseux. p. 891-1421. In W. Fischer, M.L. Bauchot and M. Schneider (eds.) Fiches FAO d'identification pour les besoins de la pêche. (rev. 1). Méditerranée et mer Noire. Zone de pêche 37. Vol. II. Commission des Communautés Européennes and FAO, Rome. (Ref. 3397)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 12 October 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 4.5 - 13.3, mean 8.1 °C (based on 56 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5039   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00891 (0.00406 - 0.01955), b=3.10 (2.91 - 3.29), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.0   ±0.28 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Ref. 120179):  Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (42 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 37.4 [9.4, 106.2] mg/100g; Iron = 1.25 [0.50, 6.59] mg/100g; Protein = 19.3 [17.5, 21.0] %; Omega3 = 0.512 [0.228, 1.108] g/100g; Selenium = 19.9 [4.8, 52.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 20.1 [8.0, 52.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.606 [0.296, 1.186] mg/100g (wet weight);