Cepola

Cepola
Cepola macrophthalma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Cepolidae
Subfamily: Cepolinae
Genus: Cepola
Linnaeus, 1764
Type species
'Ophidion macrophthalmum'
Synonyms[1]

Cepola is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the bandfish family, Cepolidae.[2] The name red bandfish is applied to all members of this genus, but particularly C. macrophthalma, and generally not C. australis, which is also known as the Australian bandfish.[3]

  1. ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Cepolidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Cepola". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Fishbase was invoked but never defined (see the help page).