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Imperial blackfish
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. 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
total length
.