Family CEPOLIDAE


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Summary:
A poorly known group of elongate compressed fishes with a lanceolate caudal fin confluent with the long-based dorsal and anal fins, lateral line high on the body near the dorsal-fin base, a large oblique mouth usually with a single row of slender slightly curved teeth on both jaws, cycloid scales with crenulate margins, and the outermost pelvic-fin ray unbranched (four other rays branched).

Cite this page as:
Bray, D.J. 2017, Bandfishes, CEPOLIDAE in Fishes of Australia, accessed 30 Mar 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/family/1

References


Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 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.

Smith-Vaniz, W.F. & G. D. Johnson, G.D. 2016. Hidden diversity in deep-water bandfishes: review of Owstonia with descriptions of twenty-one new species (Teleostei: Cepolidae: Owstoniinae). Zootaxa 4187 (1): 1-103 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4187.1.1 PDF available, open access