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Cepola macrophthalma Red bandfish

Cepola macrophthalmais commonly referred to as Red bandfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!.

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lexID:
4550 
AphiaID:
126835 
Scientific:
Cepola macrophthalma 
German:
Roter Bandfisch 
English:
Red Bandfish 
Category:
Bandfishes 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Cepolidae (Family) > Cepola (Genus) > macrophthalma (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Linnaeus, ), 1758 
Occurrence:
Egypt, European Coasts, Northern Africa, Portugal, Senegal, Spain, the British Isles, the Isle of Man, the Mediterranean Sea, West Africa 
Size:
15.75" - 31.5" (40cm - 80cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 
Food:
Crabs, Crustaceans, Invertebrates, Mysis, Schrimps, Worms, Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2012-08-19 18:38:53 

Info

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution:
Eastern Atlantic: British Isles to north of Senegal, including the Mediterranean

Biology:
Found on sand and mud bottom.
Lives in vertical burrows but may be found swimming in midwater.
Occurs singly or in groups.
Feeds mainly on small crustaceans and chaetognaths.

Synonymised taxa:
Cepola attenuata Swainson, 1839
Cepola gigas Swainson, 1839
Cepola jugularis Swainson, 1839
Cepola longicauda Swainson, 1839
Cepola marginata Rafinesque, 1810
Cepola novemradiata Swainson, 1839
Cepola rubescens Linnaeus, 1764
Cepola serpentiformis Lacepède, 1800
Cepola taenia Linnaeus, 1766
Cepola truncata Swainson, 1839
Ophidion macrophthalma Linnaeus, 1758
Ophidion macrophthalmum Linnaeus, 1758

Scientific paper

  1. Age, growth and mortality of red bandfish, Cepola macrophthalma (L.), in the eastern Adriatic Sea (Croatian coast), Jakov Dulčić; Bože Kokan; Nedo Vrgoč; Branko Glamuzina; Alexis J. Conides; Boško Skaramuca, 2008
  2. Intraspecific Variations in Size- and Age-at-maturity for Red Bandfish, Cepola macrophthalma, Konstantinos I. Stergiou, 1999
  3. The pathologic cycle of the infection of the microsporidianMicrogemma ovoidea(Thèl., 1895) Amigó et al. 1996 in the liver of the Red Band Fish (Cepola macrophthalmaL.), Josep M. Amigó; Hubert Salvadó; M. Pilar Gracia, 1997
  4. Ultrastructure and development of Microsporidium ovoideum (Thélohan, 1895) Sprague, 1977, a microspohdian parasite of the red band fish (Cepola macrophthalma L): Redescription of the organism and reassignment to the genus Microgemma, ralphs & matthews 1986, Josep M. Amigó; Humbert Salvadó; M. Pilar Gracia; Christian P. Vivarés, 1996
  5. Natural mortality of red bandfish, Cepola macrophthalma (L.), in the Aegean Sea (Greece): comparison of direct and indirect estimation methods, K.I. Stergiou; C. Papaconstantinou, 1993
  6. On the factors affecting the abundance and distribution of the red bandfish (Cepola macrophthalma) in the Western coast of Greece (Patraikos, Korinthiakos Gulfs and Ionian Sea), Stergiou, Konstantinos I., 1989

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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