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Acanthocepola indica (Day, 1888)

Common Names

  • Indisk båndfisk , Danish , Denmark
  • Indo-akatachi , Japanese , Japan
  • 印度棘赤刀魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 印度棘赤刀魚 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei
  • 印度棘赤刀鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 红帘鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Eupercaria/misc

    Family: Cepolidae

    Genus: Acanthocepola

    Species: Acanthocepola indica (Day, 1888)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Indian Ocean: Arabian Sea, Mozambique, South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal); elsewhere to Bay of Bengal.

    • Biology

    Occasionally collected by trawls in coastal waters (Ref. 127963).

    Habitat

    benthopelagic

    Conservation Status

    Not Evaluated

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless