Cepola

Cepola is a genus of marine fish in the bandfish family Cepolidae.[1] The name red bandfish is applied to all members of this genus, but particularly C. macrophthalma, and generally not C. australis, which is also known as the Australian bandfish.[2]

Cepola
C. haastii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Cepolidae
Genus:
Cepola

Linnaeus, 1764
Type species
Cepola rubescens
Synonyms

Taenia Ræse, 1793 (non Linnaeus, 1758: preoccupied)

Five species are recognised, and there may be a sixth, as yet undescribed, from the waters near Bermuda.[3]

The oldest recorded recipe is for C. macrophthalma. The original recipe book, by Mithaecus, is now lost, but the recipe itself survives thanks to being quoted in the Deipnosophistae.[4][5]

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[2]

References
  1. "Cepola". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Cepola in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. Johnson, G. David; Smith-Vaniz, William F. (January 1987). "Redescription and Relationships of Parasphyraenops atrimanus Bean (Pisces: Serranidae), with Discussion of Other Bermudian Fishes Known Only from Stomach Contents". Bulletin of Marine Science. 40 (1): 48–58.
  4. Dalby, Andrew (2003). Food in the ancient world from A to Z. Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England: Routledge. pp. 79, 220. ISBN 0-415-23259-7.
  5. Dalby, Andrew (1996). Siren Feasts. Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England: Routledge. pp. 109–110. ISBN 0-415-15657-2.


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