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


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Centrolophidae Fish of the East Atlantic Fish of the Mediterranean Sea Fauna of Bermuda Fish described in 1833, imperial blackfish Taxa named by Georges Cuvier {{Perciformes-stub