Blackspot bandfish

Acanthocepola limbata

Bandfish of Indo Pacific

Black
Temperate
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Oceania
South Asia
Elongated
Medium
Temperate fish

Acanthocepola limbata, the blackspot bandfish, is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cepolidae family. The scientific name of the species was first validly published in 1835 by Achille Valenciennes.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Cepolidae
Genus: Acanthocepola
Maximum length: 50 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: India to Gulf of Papua; north to Japan; south to Australia.

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