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.
(Imperial blackfish. Photo by © Pedro Niny Duarte(c)ImagDOP. fishbase.org)
Imperial blackfish (Schedophilus ovalis) was first described in 1829 by the French naturalist and zoologist Georges Cuvier (1769-1832).
It inhabits the depth of 70-700 meters, usually 80-240 meters. The maximum recorded length is 100 cm, specimens up to 60 cm long are more common. It feeds on fish, squid, jellyfish.
(Imperial blackfish. Photo by © A.M. Arias. ictioterm.es)
It has been found in the Adriatic Sea several times.
Names of imperial blackfish (Schedophilus ovalis) in other languages as follows:
Βασιλομεδουσοφάγος (Vasiljomedusofagos) (Greek), Rufo imperial (Spanish), Centrolofo viola (Italian), Ovaler Quallenfresser (German), Dryfiak okrągły (Polish), Liro-imperial (Portuguese), Овальный шедоф (Ovaljnyj shedof) (Russian), Pastir batoglavac (Serbian, Croatian), Imparator karabalik (Turkish), Rouffe impérial (French).