Blackspot Bandfish, Acanthocepola limbata (Valenciennes 1835)
Other Names: Bandfish, Black-spot Bandfish
A Blackspot Bandfish, Acanthocepola limbata, on the Izu Peninsula, Japan. Source: Izuzuki / www.izuzuki.com. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial
Summary:
An orange to reddish eel-like bandfish often with narrow bands along the side, a large oval reddish to black spot near the beginning of the dorsal fin, and silvery cheeks, gill cover and pectoral-fin base. Juveniles are greyish. The species has large eyes, long-based dorsal and anal fins, and a slender tapering body.
When threatened, Blackspot Bandfish dive into their burrows excavated in silty-sandy areas.
Video of Blackspot Bandfish in an aquarium.
When threatened, Blackspot Bandfish dive into their burrows excavated in silty-sandy areas.
Video of Blackspot Bandfish in an aquarium.
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Bray, D.J. 2017, Acanthocepola limbata in Fishes of Australia, accessed 25 Jan 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/418
Blackspot Bandfish, Acanthocepola limbata (Valenciennes 1835)
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Distribution |
Arafura Sea, Northern Territory, and the Great Barrier Reef to off Maroochydore, Queensland, and reefs in the Coral Sea. Elsewhere the species occurs in the Indo-west Pacific: Indonesia, China, Taiwan and Japan. Excavates burrows in silty area, occasionally adjacent to reefs. Pairs hover above their burrows, feeding on zooplankton drifting by in the current; juveniles may occur in groups. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin 102-104; Anal fin 105-107; Pectoral fin 18; caudal fin 10 (segmented rays; Vertebrae 12 + 60-67. Preopercular margin with spines; cheeks scaled. |
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Fisheries |
Taken as by-catch in commercial trawls. |
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Species Citation |
Cepola limbata Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1835, Hist. Nat. Poiss. 10: 402. Type locality: Japan. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2017 |
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Blackspot Bandfish, Acanthocepola limbata (Valenciennes 1835)
References
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Okiyama, M., 1993. An atlas of the early stage fishes in Japan. Koeltz Scientific Books, Germany. 1154 pp.
Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 2001. Cepolidae. pp. 3331-3332 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 5 2791-3379 pp.
Valenciennes, A. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1835. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 10 482 pp. pls 280-306.
