Cepola macrophthalma, Red bandfish : fisheries

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Cepola macrophthalma (Linnaeus, 1758)

Red bandfish
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Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Cepolidae (Bandfishes) > Cepolinae
Etymology: Cepola: Latin, cepulla = onion.
More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino demersal; rango de profundidad 15 - 400 m. Subtropical; 61°N - 10°N, 18°W - 36°E

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Eastern Atlantic: British Isles to north of Senegal, including the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 24.2  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 80.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 27156); common length : 40.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 26999)

Short description Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total): 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total): 67-70; Radios blandos anales: 60. Body ribbon-like, gradually tapering to a pointed tail. Large, oblique mouth. Teeth widely spaced on both jaws. First two rays of dorsal fin unsegmented. Caudal fin with median rays longer and free at their tip. Dorsal and anal fins more or less joined to the caudal fin.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Found on sand and mud bottom (Ref. 26999). Lives in vertical burrows but may be found swimming in midwater. Occurs singly or in groups. Feeds mainly on small crustaceans and chaetognaths (Ref. 5984).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Eggs are pelagic.

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Quéro, J.-C., 1990. Cepolidae. p. 853-854. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 5985)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 07 May 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial
FAO - pesquerías: landings; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Fuentes de Internet

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 9.8 - 16.5, mean 11.9 °C (based on 326 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5312   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00380 (0.00284 - 0.00508), b=2.42 (2.34 - 2.50), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.1   ±0.23 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (K=0.21; tmax=8).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (55 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Moderate vulnerability (38 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 57.7 [33.8, 110.7] mg/100g; Iron = 0.981 [0.583, 1.722] mg/100g; Protein = 18.2 [17.3, 19.1] %; Omega3 = 0.218 [0.131, 0.362] g/100g; Selenium = 47.5 [24.0, 95.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 12.1 [3.9, 40.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.669 [0.462, 0.963] mg/100g (wet weight);