Cepola pauciradiata

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Cepola pauciradiata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cepolidae
Genus: Cepola
Species:
C. pauciradiata
Binomial name
Cepola pauciradiata
Cadenat, 1950

Cepola pauciradiata, the Guinean bandfish (also known as the red bandfish, a name given to most of the other members of the genus Cepola , especially the European species, Cepola macrophthalma ), is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cepolidae, the bandfishes.. It is found on the Atlantic coast of Africa.

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Taxonomy

Cepola pauciradiata was first formally described in 1950 by the French ichthyologist Jean Cadenat with the type locality given as the coast of Senegal. [2] The specific name pauciradiata is a compound of pauci meaning "few" and radiata which means "rayed", a reference to the lower counts of soft rays in the dorsal and anal fins relative to other members of the genus. [3] C. pauciradiata may be a junior synonym of C. macrophthalma. [1]

Description

Cepola pauciradiata attains a maximum total length f 70 cm (28 in). [4] It is an elongated fish with the rearmost soft rays of both the elongated dorsal and anal fins connected to its lanceolate caudal fin by a membrane to form a continuous fin. [5]

Distribution and habitat

Cepola pauciradiata has been recorded as occurring on the Atlantic coast of western Africa from Mauritania in the north to Angola in the south. It is most commonly found at depths between 25 and 100 m (82 and 328 ft) on muddy or sandt bottoms. [1]

Biology

Cepola pauciradiata occurs either singly or in small aggregations on muddy and sand bottoms. They hide within burrows that they dig themselves or else they are seen swimming above the substrate. They mostly feed on zooplankton, especially small crustaceans and chaetognaths. The biology of this fish is little known. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Smith-Vaniz, W.F. (2015). "Cepola pauciradiata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015: e.T15601959A15603960. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T15601959A15603960.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Cepola". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  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 16 August 2021.
  4. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). "Cepola pauciradiata" in FishBase . June 2021 version.
  5. ↑ 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.
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