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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.
Eponymy: Frederick Wollaston Hutton (1836–1905) was an English geologist and zoologist who settled in New Zealand. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Waite.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 1000 m (Ref. 9563), usually 270 - 500 m (Ref. 36731). Deep-water
Southwest Pacific: Australia (including Victoria and Tasmania) and New Zealand. Southeast Pacific: Peru and Chile (Ref. 9068). Western Indian Ocean: South Africa. Atlantic Ocean: northernmost record, 18°S.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 90.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4410)
Plain blackish grey to brown in color (Ref. 4410).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Occurs at the edge of the continental shelf and near oceanic islands (Ref. 6942). Adults are demersal on the continental slope in 800 to 1,000 m; subadults and juveniles found in surface waters (Ref. 9563).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Haedrich, R.L., 1990. Centrolophidae. p. 1011-1013. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 6942)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
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Harmless
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