Bandfish

The Bandfish lives in the benthopelagic, marine environment.

Biomaps map of Bandfish specimens in the Australian Museum collection. What does this mean? Habitat Bandfish live in burrows in areas of soft sediment at depths from a few metres to over 70 m. More

The Crested Bandfish has a long, silvery, ribbon-like body that can grow to 2 m in length. Little is known of its biology. More

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Bandfishes are a family, Cepolidae, of perciform fishes. They are native to the Atlantic seaboard of Europe and the West Pacific, including New Zealand. They dig burrows in sandy or muddy seabed and eat zooplankton. More

The red bandfish, Cepola haastii, is a bandfish of the family Cepolidae, found on the inner continental shelf around New Zealand. Its length is between 15 and 25 cm. More

Cepola haastii is a bandfish of the family Cepolidae, found on the inner continental shelf around New Zealand. Its length is between 15 and 25 cm. More

Rare crested bandfish found in Tas = Tuesday, 9 January 2007. 15:05 (AEDT)Tuesday, 9 January 2007. 14:05 (ACST)Tuesday, 9 January 2007. 14:05 (AEST)Tuesday, 9 January 2007. 15:05 (ACDT)Tuesday, 9 January 2007. More

The red bandfish, Cepola haastii, is a bandfish of the family Cepolidae, found on the inner continental shelf around New Zealand. Its length is between 15 and 25 cm.... More

Bandfishes range in size from 3.3 to 4.9 ft (1 to 1.5 m). This most striking knifefish has a long, trunklike snout, ending in a small mouth. Otherwise, the body form is as in most knifefishes. Bandfishes lack dorsal, tail, and pelvic fins. More

Bandfish For the family of gastropods called Cepolidae too from Helicoidea superfamilia, see Cepolidae (gastropods). Bandfishes are a family, Cepolidae, of perciform fishes. They are native to the Atlantic seaboard of Europe and the West Pacific, including New Zealand. More

Aspects of the topic bandfish are discussed in the following places at Britannica. More

The Bandfish has a very long slender body with tiny cycloid scales that are mostly embedded. Its long-based dorsal and anal fins are continuous with the pointed caudal fin. It has large eyes and a large oblique mouth. More

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A bandfish caught in a purse seine net by C. Vidler on... Click to show "bandfish" result 4 200 x 156 6 kb A bandfish caught in a purse seine net by C. More

A bandfish caught in a purse seine net by C. Vidler on... Click to show "bandfish" result 5 200 x 105 6 kb All images below: A Crested bandfish photographed by... More

A bandfish caught in a purse seine net by C. Vidler on... More

The Red Bandfish (Cepola macrophthalma) live in the North East Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranian Sea. The live in burrows most of the time. They feed mainly on crustaceans of suitable size. More

Common names

Bandfish in English
Indo-pacifisk båndfisk in Danish (dansk)
Navar-mahi in Farsi
Navar-mahi in Persian (‫فارسی)
Yellow-spotted bandfish in English
Yellowspotted bandfish in English
نوار ماهي in Farsi
小棘赤刀魚 in Mandarin Chinese
小棘赤刀鱼 in Mandarin Chinese

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