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The imperial blackfish, Schedophilus ovalis, is a medusafish of the 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.[1] In its juvenile stage it is often found finding shelter amongst of 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

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