Fish of the Schedophilus genus of the Centrolophidae (medusafishes) family of the Stromateoidei suborder of the Scombriformes order of the Percomorpha clade of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Cornish blackfish. Photo © Ichthyology Database of the Swedish Museum of Natural History. artedi.nrm.se)
Cornish blackfish (Schedophilus medusophagus) was first described in 1839 by the Italian naturalist Anastasio Cocco (1799-1854).
It is a pelagic species. It inhabits the depth of 200-360 meters. The maximum recorded length is 51 cm. It feeds on jellyfish and ctenophores.
(Cornish blackfish. Photo by © Andrey Dolgov. fishbase.org)
It has been found in the Adriatic Sea several times.
Names of Cornish blackfish (Schedophilus medusophagus) in other languages as follows:
Μεδουσοφάγος (Medusofagos) (Greek), Rufo de aguas malas (Spanish), Mangiameduse (Italian), Quallenfresser (German), Dryfiak meduzojad (Polish), Исландский шедоф (Islandskij shedof) (Russian), Trnobraz (Serbian, Croatian), Rouffe des méduses (French).