FB-251 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=251 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Osmeriformes Plecoglossidae Plecoglossus Plecoglossus altivelis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) Choupa Liro Liro-imperial Lírio Ovale dryfvis سمك أسود امْبراطُوري Kejsersortfisk Ovaler Quallenfresser Deepwater codfish Imperial blackfish Oval driftfish Rouffe impérial Pastir batoglavac Centrolofo viola Mupu 'mperiali Ricciola 'mperiali Huta tal-bram İmparator karabalık Rufo imperial Kraljevska splavarka Trotllo ovalat Vasilomedousofagos Βασιλομεδουσοφάγος 卵形高体鲳 卵形高體鯧 Centrolophus corcyrensis Kolombatović, 1902 Centrolophus crassus Cuvier, 1833 Centrolophus ovalis Cuvier, 1833 Centrolophus porosissimus Canestrini, 1864 Centrolophus rotundicauda Costa, 1866 Crius berthelotii Valenciennes, 1839 Eucrotus ventralis Bean, 1912 Leirus bennettii Lowe, 1834 Mupus imperialis Cocco, 1840 Mupus ovalis (Cuvier, 1833) Schedophilus botteri Steindachner, 1868 Seriolella C (non Sauvage, 1879) Seriolella christopherseni (non Silvertsen, 1945) 1990-10-17 2017-08-09 Bauchot, M.-L.0 Poissons osseux. p. 891-1421. 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Brockelsby, A.J. Lee, M. Nagaraj, N.G. Bertrand, M. Danao, M.C. Coyne, J.R. Estrada, R. Friedman, E. Hoeft, M. Iwan, D. Gross, J.H. Kao, B. Landry, M.J. Linares, C. McGlinn and …0 FishShapes v1: Functionally relevant measurements of teleost shape and size on three dimensions. Ecology 103(e3829):1-2. (Ref. 137577) FB-pic-250-51644 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 2009-08-20 2009-08-20 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=250 http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Scova_u1.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Scova_u1.gif FB-GeneralDescr-250 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2004-10-22 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=250 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Prefers deep water at the edge of continental shelves and around oceanic islands; larger specimens near the bottom (Ref. 4542). Young are epipelagic and associate with floating jellyfish, including Physalia (Ref. 4542). Adults are caught on hooks baited with fish or squid. Its white flesh is reported to be good-tasting (Ref. 4542). 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) FB-Distribution-250 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2025-09-25 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=250 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Eastern Atlantic: Spain and throughout most of the Mediterranean southward. Although reported to occur in South Africa (Ref. 4542, 6942), Smith 1995 (Ref. 11228) mentions that the species occurring in southern Africa is not Schedophilus ovalis but Schedophilus velaini. Western Central Atlantic: a small specimen recorded from Bermuda. Haedrich, R.L. 1986 Centrolophidae. p. 1177-1182. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO. Paris. Vol. 3. (Ref. 4542) FB-Uses-250 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2004-10-22 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=250 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat fisheries: commercial Haedrich, R.L. 1986 Centrolophidae. p. 1177-1182. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO. Paris. Vol. 3. (Ref. 4542) FB-TrophicStrategy-250 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 2003-11-06 00:00:00 2003-11-06 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public ovalis http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Adults inhabit deep waters, juveniles occur in surface waters (Ref. 26335). Costa, F. 1991 Atlante dei pesci dei mari italiani. Gruppo Ugo Mursia Editore S.p.A. Milano, Italy. 438 p. (Ref. 26335) FB-Size-250 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2004-10-22 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=250 100.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 3596)) Haedrich, R.L. 1981 Centrolophidae. In W. Fischer, G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Eastern Central Atlantic (fishing areas 34, 47 (in part) . Vol. 1. (Ref. 3596) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-250 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2004-10-22 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=250 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats benthopelagic; marine; depth range 70 - 700 m (Ref. 52180) Piotrovsky, A.S. 1994 Stromateoidei in the southern part of Africa and adjacent areas (distribution, biology and fisheries). Main results of YugNIRO complex research in Azov-Black Seas region and the World Ocean in 1993. Tr. YugNIRO/Proc. South. Sci. Res. Inst. Mar. Fish. Ocean. 40:69-77. (Ref. 52180)