Imperial blackfish

The imperial blackfish, Schedophilus ovalis, is a medusafish of the family Centrolophidae found in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea, and occasionally in the western Atlantic (Bermuda). It occurs at depths of between 70 and 700 m.^[1] In its juvenile stage, it is often found finding shelter amongst the tentacles of floating jellyfish, including the Portuguese man o' war.^[1][2] It grows to 100 cm (39 in) total length.^[1]

Imperial blackfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scombriformes
Family:	Centrolophidae
Genus:	Schedophilus
Species:	S. ovalis
Binomial name
Schedophilus ovalis (G. Cuvier, 1833)
Synonyms
Centrolophus ovalis Cuvier, 1833 Mupus ovalis (Cuvier, 1833) Centrolophus crassus Cuvier, 1833 Leirus bennettii Lowe, 1834 Crius berthelotii Valenciennes, 1839 Mupus imperialis Cocco, 1840 Centrolophus porosissimus Canestrini, 1864 Centrolophus rotundicauda Costa, 1866 Schedophilus botteri Steindachner, 1868 Centrolophus corcyrensis Kolombatović, 1902 Eucrotus ventralis Bean, 1912

Distribution

The Imperial Blackfish was first discovered in the Aegean Sea in 2009.^[3] It had previously been discovered in the waters around northern Spain, the Bay of Biscay, Portugal, the waters near northwestern France, and the North Sea. In December 2001, it was first discovered in Irish waters near the Blasket Islands off the coast of County Kerry.^[4]