Medusafish

Medusafish
Rudderfish (Centrolophus niger)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Clade:	Percomorpha
Order:	Scombriformes
Suborder:	Stromateoidei
Family:	Centrolophidae Bonaparte, 1846
Genera
Centrolophus Hyperoglyphe Icichthys Psenopsis Schedophilus Seriolella Tubbia

Medusafishes are a family, Centrolophidae, of perciform fishes. The family includes about 31 species. They are found in temperate and tropical waters throughout the world.

Young Icichthys lockingtoni specimens are abundant in the coastal waters of the north Pacific, where they are often found in association with jellyfish, which provide them with protection from predators and opportunities to scavenge the remains of the jellyfishes' meals.

Medusafish, Icichthys lockingtoni

Cornish blackfish, Schedophilus medusophagus

Timeline of genera

References

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Centrolophidae" in FishBase. February 2006 version.
• Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-19. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)