Acanthocepola

Acanthocepola
Red-spotted Bandfish (A. krusensternii)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cepolidae
Genus: Acanthocepola
Bleeker, 1874
Type species
Cepola krusensternii
Temminck & Schlegel, 1845

Acanthocepola is a genus of bandfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Acanthocepola in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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