Imperial blackfish
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The imperial blackfish, Schedophilus ovalis, is a medusafish
of the family
Centrolophidae found in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
, at depths of between 70 and 700 m. Its length is up to 100 cm.
Medusafish
Medusafishes are a family, Centrolophidae, of perciform fishes. They are found in temperate and tropical waters throughout the world.Young Icichthys lockingtoni are abundant in the coastal waters of the north Pacific, where they are often found in association with jellyfish, which provides them...
of the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Centrolophidae found in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...
, at depths of between 70 and 700 m. Its length is up to 100 cm.