Cepola

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Genus of fishes

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::summary Genus of fishes ::

| fossil_range = | image = Cepola macrophthalma 01.JPG | image_caption = Cepola macrophthalma | display_parents = 3 | taxon = Cepola | authority = Linnaeus, 1764 | type_species = ''''Ophidion macrophthalmum'''' | type_species_authority = Linnaeus | synonyms = * Hypolycodes Hector, 1881

Cepola is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the bandfish family, Cepolidae. The name red bandfish is applied to all members of this genus, but particularly C. macrophthalma, and generally not C. australis, which is also known as the Australian bandfish.

Taxonomy

Cepola was first formally described as a genus in 1764 by Carolus Linnaeus with Ophidion macrophthalmum as the type species by monotypy.

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:

There may be a sixth species, as yet undescribed, from the waters near Bermuda.

Characteristics

Cepola bandfishes are similar to Acanthocepola bandfishes, in that they have the last ray of the dorsal and anal fins connected to the caudal fin by a membrane. The differences are that they do not have spines on the margin of the preoperculum and they have naked, unscaled cheeks. The total length of these fishes vary from 25 cm in CA. australis to 80 cm in C. macrophthalma. They are normally pinkish or reddish in colour.

Distribution, habitat and biology

Cepola bandfishes are found in the eastern Atlantic, Indian and Western Pacific Oceans, including the Mediterranean Sea. They create burrows in flat areas of sand and mud substrates, feeding on zooplankton.

Cultural significance

The oldest recorded recipe is for C. macrophthalma. The original recipe book, by Mithaecus, is now lost, but the recipe itself survives thanks to being quoted in the Deipnosophistae.

References

References

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  7. (January 1987). "Redescription and Relationships of ''Parasphyraenops atrimanus'' Bean (Pisces: Serranidae), with Discussion of Other Bermudian Fishes Known Only from Stomach Contents". Bulletin of Marine Science.
  8. W.F. Smith-Vaniz. (2001). "FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 5. Bony fishes part 3 (Menidae to Pomacentridae)". FAO Rome.
  9. Dalby, Andrew. (2003). "Food in the ancient world from A to Z". Routledge.
  10. Dalby, Andrew. (1996). "Siren Feasts". Routledge.

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