Cornish blackfish (Schedophilus medusophagus). Norsk: Engelsk svartfisk.
No official record yet
Villmarksliv's official list of Norwegian sport-fishing records has no record for Cornish blackfish yet. The first registered fish that meets the rules becomes the record.
About Cornish blackfish
The Cornish blackfish (Schedophilus medusophagus) is a little-known open-ocean fish of the medusafish family. It is smaller and more compressed from side to side than the rudderfish, with a blunt, rounded snout and a long dorsal fin, and it is dark brownish to blackish. It can reach about 60 cm in length. The species lives in open water in the Atlantic, mainly beyond the continental slope, and young fish tend to stay close to jellyfish near the surface. As its scientific name, meaning 'jellyfish eater', suggests, adults feed almost entirely on jellyfish. Little is known about its spawning and movements. In Norwegian waters it is a very rare visitor, known only from scattered chance records, some from the north. It has no importance for fishing. The Norwegian Red List 2021 classes it as Not Applicable (NA) because it only occurs here by chance.
Sources: Artsdatabanken, Store norske leksikon, Wikipedia
- Habitat: Saltvann
- Red list status: NA (2021)
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- Norwegian sport-fishing records are registered with Villmarksliv, not with FishComp. Read the rules before you do anything else with the fish.
- Records are based on weight and approved by a jury. You give the weight and length, where it was caught, the gear you used and any witnesses.
- Keep your photos and notes from the catch. Logging it in FishComp does not register a record.
Source: Villmarksliv's official Norwegian records (klikk.no).