Bandfish
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Bandfishes are a family, Cepolidae, of perciform fishes. They are native to the Atlantic seaboard of Europe and the West Pacific, including New Zealand. They dig burrows in sandy or muddy seabed and eat zooplankton.
There are 21 species in five genera:
- Genus Acanthocepola
- * Yellow-spotted bandfish, Acanthocepola abbreviata (Valenciennes, 1835)
- * Indian bandfish, Acanthocepola indica (Day, 1888)
- * Red-spotted bandfish, Acanthocepola krusensternii (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)
- * Black-spot bandfish, Acanthocepola limbata (Valenciennes, 1835)
- Genus Cepola
- * Cepola australis Ogilby, 1899
- * Red bandfish, Cepola haastii (Hector, 1881)
- * Cepola macrophthalma (Linnaeus, 1758)
- * Cepola pauciradiata Cadenat, 1950
- * Cepola schlegelii Bleeker, 1854
- Genus Owstonia
- * Owstonia dorypterus (Fowler, 1934)
- * Owstonia grammodon (Fowler, 1934)
- * Owstonia maccullochi Whitley, 1934
- * Owstonia macrophthalmus (Fourmanoir, 1985)
- * Owstonia nigromarginatus (Fourmanoir, 1985)
- * Owstonia pectinifer (Myers, 1939)
- * Owstonia simoterus (Smith, 1968)
- * Owstonia tosaensis Kamohara, 1934
- * Owstonia totomiensis Tanaka, 1908
- * Owstonia weberi (Gilchrist, 1922)
- Genus Pseudocepola
- * Pseudocepola taeniosoma Kamohara, 1935
- Genus Sphenanthias
- * Sphenanthias sibogae Weber, 1913
References
- ["Cepolidae"]. FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
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