Schedophilus ovalis Valenciennes, in Cuv. Val., 1833
Synonyms:
Centrolophus ovalis Cuvier, 1833, in Cuv. Val., Hist. nat. Poiss., 9: 346-348 (Nice). Holotype: MNHN no. A 5324.
Centrolophus crassus Cuvier, 1833, in Cuv. Val., Hist. nat. Poiss., 9: 348-351 (west of the Azores). Holotype: MNHN no. 1795.
Leirus bennettii Lowe, 1834, Proc. zool. Soc. London, 1833, 1:143 (Madeira). Type material: 2 spec., BMNH no. 1860.7.17.2 and 1860.7.17.3.
Leirus bennettii: Lowe, 1836: 199, pl. 5 (fig. 1-2).
Crius berthelotii Valenciennes, 1839, Ichthyol. des Iles Canaries, 2: 45, pl. 9 (1839) (Canary Island). Holotype: MNHN no. A 9552.
Mupus imperialis Cocco, 1840, Maurolico, Messina, 4: 237 (Messina).
Centrolophus porosissimus Canestrini, 1865, Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Torino, (2) 2: 362, pl. 2
Centrolophus rotundicauda Costa, 1866, Ann. Mus. zool. Napoli, 6: 8487 (Naples).
Schedophilus botteri Steindachner, 1868a, Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 57 (1): 379, pl. 4 (Barcelona).
Centrophorus ovalis: Steindachner, 1868b: 991.
Centrolophus ovalis: Moreau, 1881: 498.
Centrolophus crassus: Moreau, 1881: 499 | Soljan, 1948: 338, fig. 383 | Dor, 1959: 42.
Lirus bennetti: Collett, 1896: 27.
Centrolophus corcyrensis Kolombatovic, 1902, Glasnik Naravosl. Druzt., 13: 28 (Curzda, Dalmatia).
Eucrotus ventralis Bean, 1912, Proc. biol. Soc. Washington, 25: 123 (Bermuda).
Mupus ovalis: Fowler, 1936: 669, fig. 302 | Tortonese and Trotti, 1949: 90.
Schedophilus ovalis: Barnard, 1948: 387, 392 | Tortonese, 1959: 73, fig. 4 | Haedrich, 1967: 60 | Haedrich and Horn, 1969: 41.
Mupus imperialis: Lozano Rey, 1952: 661, pl. 51 (fig. 2).
Common names:
imperial blackfish [UK and USA]
rouffe impérial [France and Belgium]
rufo imperial [Spain]