Red-spotted bandfish

Acanthocepola krusensternii

Red bands lie on flanks

Red-spotted bandfish is a fish of Western Pacific. The largest recorded length is 40 cm. Its body is an elongated body.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Cepolidae
Genus: Acanthocepola
Maximum length: 40 cm
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia to the Philippines; north to Japan, south to Australia.

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