Japanese bandfish

Cepola schlegelii

Bandfish in Indonesian Waters

Japanese bandfish is a marine fish of Indo-West Pacific. The species occupies marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 50 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Cepolidae
Genus: Cepola
Maximum length: 50 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: central Honshu in Japan southward to Taiwan. Also found in Indonesia which is a new record for the northeastern Indian Ocean (Ref. 5978 ).

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