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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..
More on author: Waite.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino batipelagico; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); distribuzione batimetrica 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 / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 90.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 4410)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Plain blackish grey to brown in color (Ref. 4410).
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
Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve
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)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 7.2 - 12.4, mean 9.5 °C (based on 130 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5039 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 4.1 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 4.5 - 14 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): High vulnerability (56 of 100).