. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. StromATEOiD Fishes • HaedricJi 61 EPURALS HYPURALS. Figure 12. Cauda! skeleton of Schedophilus medusophagus, drawing of a cleared-and-stained preparation from a 39-mm SL specimen. All elements identified in Figure 1. VI-VIII, 30-32. A III 20-24. P 21-22. Gill- rakers around 6+1 + 16. Vertebrae 10 + 15. Silvery to greenish. Synonyms are: CentwJopluis crassus Cuvier and Valen- ciennes, 1833, from west of the Azores; *Leirus bennettii Lowe, 1833, from Ma- deira; Mupiis impcrkiUs Cocco, 1840, from the Mediterranean; *Crin
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. StromATEOiD Fishes • HaedricJi 61 EPURALS HYPURALS. Figure 12. Cauda! skeleton of Schedophilus medusophagus, drawing of a cleared-and-stained preparation from a 39-mm SL specimen. All elements identified in Figure 1. VI-VIII, 30-32. A III 20-24. P 21-22. Gill- rakers around 6+1 + 16. Vertebrae 10 + 15. Silvery to greenish. Synonyms are: CentwJopluis crassus Cuvier and Valen- ciennes, 1833, from west of the Azores; *Leirus bennettii Lowe, 1833, from Ma- deira; Mupiis impcrkiUs Cocco, 1840, from the Mediterranean; *Crins- bertheloti Valen- ciennes, 1848, from the Canary Islands; Centrolophiis rotund icauda Costa, 1866, from Naples; Centrolophus porosissimus Canestrini, 1865, and Schedophilus bottcri Steindachner, 1868, from Barcelona. Schedophihis medusophagus Cocco, 1839. Atlantic Ocean and western Mediterranean Sea, type locality Messina. D 44-50 (total elements). A 28-31 (total elements). P 18-21. Gill-rakers around 5 + 1 + 11. Ver- tebrae 10 + 15. Major preopercular spines usually about 12. Lateral line scales 160- 230, increasing in number with growth. Brown, often mottled. The report of this species from the South Pacific (Giinther, 1876), is undoubtedly that of a closely related form, Schedophilus huttoni (Waite, 1910). The adult of S. medusophagus has long been known under the name ''Cen- trolophus britannicus Giinther, 1860a. "^Schedophilus maculatus Giinther, 1860. China Seas. D 36 (total elements). A 27. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cambridge, Mass. : The Museum
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