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Cepola macrophthalma (Linnaeus, 1758)

Red bandfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Cepolidae (Bandfishes) > Cepolinae
Etymology: Cepola: Latin, cepulla = onion.
More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 15 - 400 m. Subtropical; 61°N - 10°N, 18°W - 36°E

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Eastern Atlantic: British Isles to north of Senegal, including the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 24.2  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 80.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27156); common length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 26999)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 67 - 70; Anal soft rays: 60. Body ribbon-like, gradually tapering to a pointed tail. Large, oblique mouth. Teeth widely spaced on both jaws. First two rays of dorsal fin unsegmented. Caudal fin with median rays longer and free at their tip. Dorsal and anal fins more or less joined to the caudal fin.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found on sand and mud bottom (Ref. 26999). Lives in vertical burrows but may be found swimming in midwater. Occurs singly or in groups. Feeds mainly on small crustaceans and chaetognaths (Ref. 5984).

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Eggs are pelagic.

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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. (Ref. 5985)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 07 May 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: minor commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 9.8 - 16.5, mean 11.9 °C (based on 326 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5312   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00380 (0.00284 - 0.00508), b=2.42 (2.34 - 2.50), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.1   ±0.23 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.21; tmax=8).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (55 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Moderate vulnerability (38 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 57.7 [33.8, 110.7] mg/100g; Iron = 0.981 [0.583, 1.722] mg/100g; Protein = 18.2 [17.3, 19.1] %; Omega3 = 0.218 [0.131, 0.362] g/100g; Selenium = 47.5 [24.0, 95.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 12.1 [3.9, 40.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.669 [0.462, 0.963] mg/100g (wet weight);