Raft-fish, Schedophilus maculatus Günther 1860
Other Names: Pelagic Butterfish, Raft Fish
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Bray, D.J. 2020, Schedophilus maculatus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 20 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/497
Raft-fish, Schedophilus maculatus Günther 1860
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Distribution |
Southern Queensland to Bass Strait, Victoria; also the Lord Howe Province and Norfolk Island in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere the species may be circumglobal in temperate seas (other species may have been misidentified as this species). An oceanic-pelagic species found in and over deep waters. Juveniles are epipelagic and often shelter beneath jellyfishes, siphonophores such as Physalia (blue bottles), and floating macroalgal rafts. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin VIII, 27-29; Anal fin III, 23-24; Pectoral fin 19-21; Gill rakers 6 + 1 + 14-15; Vertebrae 29. Series of single pores along body at base of each dorsal-fin ray. |
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Feeding |
Feed on a range of pelagic fishes, squids, crustaceans and jellyfishes. |
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Etymology |
The specific name is from the Latin maculatus (= spotted), in reference to the pattern of large spots on the body of juveniles. |
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Species Citation |
Schedophilus maculatus Günther 1860, Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum Vol. 2: 412. Type locality: Sea of China. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2020 |
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Raft-fish, Schedophilus maculatus Günther 1860
References
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Whitley, G.P. 1933. Studies in Ichthyology No. 7. Records of the Australian Museum 19(1): 60-112 figs 1-4 pls 11-15 DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.19.1933.691 (described as Hoplocoryphis physaliarum)
