Saint Paul Island country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Heemstra, P.C., 1995
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Common names from other countries

Rouffe africain, Labyrinth fish, Sériole argentée, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | 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..
More on author: Sauvage.

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

marino batipelágico; rango de profundidad 40 - 500 m (Ref. 27121). Deep-water; 2°N - 45°S, 180°W - 180°E

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Eastern Atlantic: Gulf of Guinea (Ref. 2683), St. Helena, Vema Seamount, Tristan da Cunha and South Africa. Western Indian Ocean: St. Paul and Amsterdam islands. Southwest Pacific: Australia (including Lord Howe Island), New Zealand (Ref. 5755) and Rapa Island. Southeast Pacific: Easter Island, Juan Fernandez Islands.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 100.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 27121)

Short description Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total): 6 - 8; Radios blandos dorsales (total): 26-29; Espinas anales 3; Radios blandos anales: 18 - 20. Dark green dorsally, silvery laterally and ventrally; juveniles mottled (Ref. 11228).

Found near islands (Ref. 27000). Feeds on planktonic salps, cephalopods and small fishes (Ref. 11228). Minimum depth reported from Ref. 11228.

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Heemstra, P.C., 1995. Additions and corrections for the 1995 impression. p. v-xv. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Revised Edition of Smiths' Sea Fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 11228)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 22 May 2014

Schedophilus velaini (Sauvage, 1879)