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Cepola macrophthalma  (Linnaeus, 1758)

Red bandfish
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Spain country information

Common names: Cepola, Cinta, Cinta
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in Galicia (Ref. 86578). Recorded from the Balearic Islands (Ref. 26178).
National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Whitehead, P.J.P., M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.), 1986
National Database: ICTIMED

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Cepolidae (Bandfishes)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 80.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27156); common length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 26999)

Length at first maturity
Lm 21.9  range ? - ? cm

Environment

Marine; demersal; depth range 15 - 400 m

Climate / Range

Subtropical, preferred 21°C (Ref. 107945); 61°N - 10°N, 18°W - 36°E

Distribution

Eastern Atlantic: British Isles to north of Senegal, including the Mediterranean.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 67-70; Anal soft rays: 60. Body ribbon-like, gradually tapering to a pointed tail. Large, oblique mouth. Teeth widely spaced on both jaws. First two rays of dorsal fin unsegmented. Caudal fin with median rays longer and free at their tip. Dorsal and anal fins more or less joined to the caudal fin.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found on sand and mud bottom (Ref. 26999). Lives in vertical burrows but may be found swimming in midwater. Occurs singly or in groups. Feeds mainly on small crustaceans and chaetognaths (Ref. 5984).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Threat to humans

  Harmless



Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD50 = 0.5312 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.1   ±0.23 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.21; tmax=8)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Moderate to high vulnerability (50 of 100)
Price category (Ref. 80766)
Unknown