Pelagic butterfish | |
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Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scombriformes |
Family: | Centrolophidae |
Genus: | Schedophilus |
Species: | S. maculatus
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Binomial name | |
Schedophilus maculatus
Günther, 1860
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Synonyms [1] | |
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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.