Acanthocepola

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Acanthocepola
Acanthocepola krusensternii.JPG
Red-spotted Bandfish (A. krusensternii)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Superfamily: Cepoloidea
Family: Cepolidae
Subfamily: Cepolinae
Genus: Acanthocepola
Bleeker, 1874 [1]
Type species
Cepola krusensternii
Temminck & Schlegel, 1845 [1]

Acanthocepola is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cepolidae, the bandfishes. They are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

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Taxonomy

Acanthocepola is classified within the subfamily Cepolinae. [2] The genus was first formally described in 1874 by the Dutch physician and ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker who designated Cepola krusensternii, which had been described by Coenraad Jacob Temminck & Hermann Schlegel in 1845, as the type species, although the genus was also monotypic. [1] The genus name, Acanthocepola is a compound of acanthus meaning "spine" and Cepola the type genus of the family Cepolidae, a reference to the spines on the edge of the preoperculum. [3]

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus: [4]

Characteristics

Acanthocepola bandfishes are similar to Cepola 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 have spines on the margin of the preoperculum and scales on their cheeks. [5] The total length of these fishes vary from 30 cm (12 in) in A. abbreviata to 50 cm (20 in) in A. limbata. [4] They are normally pinkish or reddish in colour. [5]

Distribution, habitat and biology

Acanthocepola bandfishes are found in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans, from the coast of Eastern Africa east to the Western Central Pacific, north to Japan and south to Australia. [4] They create burrows in flat areas of sand and mud substrates, feeding on zooplankton. [5] They live as pairs hovering over their burrows, retreating to the burrow when alarmed. Juveniles can be found in small groups. [6]

Fisheries

Acanthocepola bandfishes are not targeted by fisheries but are caught as a bycatch. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Cepolidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  2. ↑ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 461–462. ISBN   978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  3. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (3 September 2020). "Order Priacanthiformes: Families Priacanthidae and Cepolidae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). Species of Acanthocepola in FishBase . June 2021 version.
  5. 1 2 3 4 W.F. Smith-Vaniz (2001). "CEPOLIDAE". In Carpenter, K.E. and Niem, V.H. (eds.). 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) (PDF). FAO Rome. p. 3331.
  6. ↑ Bray, D.J. (2017). "Acanthocepola limbata". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
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