Species sheet
Deepwater codefish
Schedophilus ovalis (Cuvier, 1833)
AnimalsOther open-water fish
Distribution map
Geographic areas (BioObs)
Western MediterraneanMediterranean - Alboran SeaEastern MediterraneanNorth-East AtlanticCanary Islands
Observation type
Scuba divingApnea / Snorkelling
Other common names
- Imperial blackfishBritish English
- Oval driftfishBritish English
- Ovaler QuallenfresserGerman (Germany)
- Rufo imperialEuropean Spanish
- Rouffe impérialFrench (France)
- Centrolofo violaItalian (Italy)
- ChoupaEuropean Portuguese
- LiroEuropean Portuguese
Other invalid scientific names
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Sources
- BODILIS Pascaline, CHANET Bruno, LE BRIS Sylvain in : DORIS, 12/04/2018 : Schedophilus ovalis (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833), https://doris.ffessm.fr/ref/specie/1842
How to cite this BioObs sheet?
BioObs, 27/10/2020 : Schedophilus ovalis (Cuvier, 1833), https://bioobs.fr/en/species-sheets/1175
Modification history
- Created by Alain Mayoux on 27/10/2020
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