Description

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 69 - 80; Anal spines: 0 - 2; Anal soft rays: 70 - 84; Vertebrae: 45 - 49. This species is characterized by the following: HL 6.3-8.4 in SL; preopercle with 5 blunt spines, the longest at angle. Colouration: head and body orange-pink with double series of yellow spots (smaller than pupil) on the sides; dorsal fin yellow-orange, anal fin yellow and median fins with narrow black margins; paired fins yellow with pink rays (Ref. 127963).

Common Names

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Indo-pacifisk båndfisk , Danish , Denmark

Bandfish , English , Australia

Bandfish , English , Malaysia

Bandfish , English , Papua New Guinea

Bandfish , English , Philippines

Bandfish , English , Global

Snakefish , English , Malaysia

Yellow-spotted bandfish , English , Indonesia

Yellowspotted bandfish , English , Australia

نوار ماهي , Farsi , Iran

Ikan reben , Malay , Malaysia

Reben tanda kuning , Malay , Malaysia

小棘赤刀魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

小棘赤刀鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Navar-mahi , Persian , Iran

Upos-upos , Tagalog , Philippines

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Eupercaria/misc

Family: Cepolidae

Genus: Acanthocepola

Species: Acanthocepola abbreviata (Valenciennes, 1835)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf, Vietnam, Indonesia (Java to Flores and West Papua), Philippines, Papua New Guinea (Port Moresby to Milne Bay), and Australia (Queensland; Northern Territory and Western Australia).

Biology

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Occurs in muddy habitats, usually in large colonies, each individual with its own burrow. Rises high above the substrate in schools to feed when plankton drifts over, typically in vertical posture (Ref. 48635).

Habitat

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benthopelagic