Bandfish

For the family of gastropods also called Cepolidae from the superfamily Helicoidea, see Cepolidae (gastropods).

Bandfish
Cepola macrophthalma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Superfamily: Cepoloidea
Family: Cepolidae
Rafinesque, 1810[1]
Subfamilies[2]

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The bandfishes, family Cepolidae, are 23 species of marine ray-finned fishes, They are native to the East Atlantic and Indo-Pacific wherethey dig burrows in sandy or muddy seabeds and eat zooplankton.

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  2. ^ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 461–462. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2021-08-14.