Cepola macrophthalma
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cepolidae |
| Genus: | Cepola |
| Species: | C. macrophthalma |
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Cepola macrophthalma (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Distribution of Cepola macrophthalma
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Ophidion macrophthalmum Linnaeus 1758 |
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Ophidion macrophthalmum Linnaeus 1758
Cepola rubescens Linnaeus 1764
Cepola taenia Linnaeus 1766
Cepola serpentiformis Lacépède 1800
Cepola marginata Rafinesque 1810
Cepola longicauda Swainson 1839
Cepola truncata Swainson 1839
Cepola jugularis Swainson 1839
Cepola gigas Swainson 1839
Cepola attentuata Swainson 1839
Cepola novemradiata Swainson 1839
Cepola macrophthalma is a fish of the bandfish family Cepolidae. It is found in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean from Senegal north to the British Isles. This species is known as the red bandfish, though this name is also given to other members of the genus Cepola.
It is found on the coast and inner continental shelf of the eastern Atlantic between northern Senegal and Scotland and the Mediterranean west of the Aegean Sea and the Nile Delta. It can be found on sandy and muddy ocean bottoms at depths of between 10 and 400 metres (33 and 1,312 ft).
Cepola macrophthalma has a thin, ribbon-like body, which tapers to a pointed tail. It is red in color, with an orange or yellow underside. It has large, silvery eyes. Its dorsal and anal fins stretch the length of its body and are nearly continuous with its tail (caudal fin). It has a large mouth, at an oblique angle, with thin, glassy, widely spaced teeth.
These fish are highly variable in length, but an average length is 40.0 cm total length (15.7 in). The maximum length recorded for this species is 80.0 cm total length (31.5 in). Taxonomic distinguishing features include 67–70 dorsal fin soft rays, 60 anal fin soft rays, two unsegmented dorsal fin rays, and a caudal fin with long median rays free at the tips.
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