Overview
Family : Bandfishes ; Found on sand and mud bottom [1]. Lives in vertical burrows but may be found swimming in midwater . Occurs singly or in groups. Feeds mainly on small crustaceans and chaetognaths [2].
Common Names
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Common Names in Albanian:
Peshk Shirit
Common Names in Catalan:
Veta
Common Names in Croatian:
Kurdela
Common Names in English:
Red Band-Fish, Red Bandfish
Common Names in French:
Cépole Commune
Common Names in German:
Roter Bandfisch
Common Names in Greek:
Κορδέλα, Τσίπουλα, Kordela
Common Names in Italian:
Bandiera Rossa, Bannera ´mperiali, Bannera 'mperiali, Bannera Russigna, Calagnairis, Cepola, Cepolla, Ciapudda, Cipodda, Cipolla, Cipudda, Cipuja, Festuccia, Fettucia, Fiammetta, Galera, Ntricciarete, Pesce Fettuccia, Pesse Cordela, Pesse Spada, Picaggia, Pisci Bannera, Pisci Bannerina, Pisci Cibudda, Pisci Cipolla, Pisci Cucuzza, Resabett, Ruggeolo, Sapunaru, Scignüa, Scurianzo, Spada Rossa, Stringa, Ziarella
Common Names in Maltese:
Fjamma, Fjamma Hamra, Pixxifjamma, Xabla
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
大眼赤刀魚, 赤刀魚
Common Names in Polish:
Wstegówka
Common Names in Portuguese:
Suspensório
Common Names in Slovene:
Rdeèi Meèak, Rdeèi Meèak
Common Names in Spanish:
Cepola, Cinta, Cinta Colorada, Pez Cinta
Common Names in Swedish:
Röd Bandfisk
Common Names in Turkish:
Flandra Baligi, Kurdele Baligi
Description
Family Cepolidae
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic (off Europe and Mediterranean) and Indo-West Pacific (including New Zealand). Continuous dorsal fin with 0-4 spines (often 3). Anal fin 0-2 spines. Vomer and palatine toothless. Postcleithrum 1. Branchiostegal rays 6. Lateral line found along dorsal fin base . Epineural ribs in some trunk vertebrae fused proximally to corresponding pleural ribs . Body color usually red or pink. Maximum length 70 cm, attained in Cepola rubescens. Most species live in self-made burrows in muddy or fine-sand areas. Feed on zooplankton . Pelagic eggs .The family Cepolidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Perciformes. It contains 4 genera and 19 species. It may be found in Marine environments and is primarily Marine. Members of this family are not used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is anguilliform . Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. Members of this family have been dated back to the upper Eocene epoch of the Tertiary period.
Physical Description
Species Cepola macrophthalma
Males are commonly 40 cm (Total Length) in length when caught/marketed, but may be as large as 80 cm (Total Length).
Habitat
May be found at depths of 15 to 400 meters.
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -3,282 meters (0 to -10,768 feet).[3]
Biome: Saltwater . Demersal .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- (Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Chordates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Bony Fishes
- Class:
Actinopterygii
()
- Cuvier, 1795
- Ray-Finned Fishes
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
()
- J.e. Gray, 1840
- Order:
Perciformes
()
- Cuvier, in Blainville, 1814
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
()
- (Haszprunar & Huber, 1990)
- Infraorder:
Stylommatophora
()
- A. Schmidt, 1855
- Superfamily:
Helicoidea
()
- Rafinesque, 1815
- Superfamily:
Helicoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Stylommatophora
(
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Actinopterygii
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Ambiguous Synonyms
- Cepola gigas Swainson, 1839
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Cepola attenuata Swainson, 1839
- Cepola jugularis Swainson, 1839
- Cepola longicauda Swainson, 1839
- Cepola marginata Rafinesque, 1810
- Cepola novemradiata Swainson, 1839
- Cepola rubescens Linnaeus, 1766
- Cepola serpentiformis Lacepède, 1800
- Cepola taenia Linnaeus, 1766
- Cepola truncata Swainson, 1839
- Ophidion macrophthalma Linnaeus, 1758
- Ophidion macrophthalmum Linnaeus, 1758
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 24-Nov-1995
Similar Species
Members of the genus Cepola
There are approximately 30 species in this genus:
C. abbreviata · C. aotea · C. attenuata · C. australis (Australian Bandfish) · C. coecula · C. macrophthalma · C. gladius · C. haastii (Red Bandfish) · C. hermanniana · C. hungta · C. indica · C. iris · C. krusensternii · C. limbata · C. longicauda · C. macrophthalma (Red Band-Fish) · C. macropthalma · C. major · C. marginata · C. mesoprion · C. pauciradiata · C. rubescens · C. schlegeli · C. schlegelii (Red Bandfish) · C. serpentiformis · C. striata · C. taenia · C. trachyptera · C. unicolor · C. variegata
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Further Reading
- Atkinson, J.A. and R.S.V. Pullin (1996). Observations on the burrows and burrowing behaviour of the red band-fish, Cepola rubescensL. Mar. Ecol. 17(1-3):23-40.
- Bruce, J.R., J.S. Colman and N.S. Jones (1963). Marine fauna of the Isle of Man. Memoir No. 36. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool.
- Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: ENG url p. 744, p. 76.
- Linnaeus, C. (1766). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tom[us]. I. Pars. I. Editio duodecima, reformata [12th edition]. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. pp. 1- 532.
- Marceta, B. (1999). Check-list of the fishes of the Gulf of Trieste (North Adriatic Sea) In prep. Provided on spreadsheet to FishBase (19 Jan 1999)
- Quéro, J.-C. (1990). Cepolidae. p. 853-854. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2.
- Sanches, J.G. (1991). Catálogo dos principais peixes marinhos da República de Guiné-Bissau. Publicações avulsas do I.N.I.P. No. 16. 429 p.
- Sánchez, F., F. de la Gándara and R. Gancedo (1995). Atlas de los peces demersales de Galicia y el Cantábrico. Otoño 1991-1993. Publicaciones Especiales, Instituto Español de Oceanografia, Madrid, Spain (20). 100 p.
- Tortonese, E. (1986). Cepolidae. p. 810-811. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. vol. 2.
- Whitehead, P.J.P., M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) (1986). Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vols. I-III:1473 p.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 20, 2007.
- FishBase 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 19, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 09, 2007:
- FishBase, FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Ichtyologie
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 553400
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-22746
- Fishbase Species ID: 56
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13549929
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 170281
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 106215
Footnotes
- Sanches, J.G. (1991). Catálogo dos principais peixes marinhos da República de Guiné-Bissau. Publicações avulsas do I.N.I.P. No. 16. 429 p. [back]
- Tortonese, E. (1986). Cepolidae. p. 810-811. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. vol. 2. [back]
- Mean = -400.830 meters (-1,315.059 feet), Standard Deviation = 701.410 based on 641 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
