Biology:Acanthocepola
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Acanthocepola | |
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| Red-spotted Bandfish (A. krusensternii) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cepolidae |
| Subfamily: | Cepolinae |
| Genus: | Acanthocepola Bleeker, 1874 |
| Type species | |
| Cepola krusensternii Temminck & Schlegel, 1845
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Acanthocepola is a genus of bandfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Acanthocepola abbreviata (Valenciennes, 1835) (Bandfish)
- Acanthocepola indica (F. Day, 1888)
- Acanthocepola krusensternii (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) (Red-spotted bandfish)
- Acanthocepola limbata (Valenciennes, 1835) (Blackspot bandfish)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Acanthocepola in FishBase. February 2013 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q2618833 entry
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