Red Band-fish
Cepola macrophthalma
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Eupercaria incertae sedis
- Family
- Cepolidae
- Genus
- Cepola
Where to Find
Found in 20 diving areas across 10 countries and 1 regions.
- Dubrovnik & South Coast, Croatia - 4 records
- Istria Peninsula, Croatia - 38 records
- Kornati Islands, Croatia - 291 records
- Split & Central Dalmatia, Croatia - 90 records
- Vis & Biševo, Croatia - 231 records
- Larnaca, Cyprus - 1 records
- Paphos & Coral Bay, Cyprus - 1 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 112 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 414 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 42 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 4 records
- Al Hoceima, Morocco - 7 records
- Balearic Islands, Spain - 203 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 80 records
- Costa Brava, Spain - 31 records
- Medes Islands, Spain - 545 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 7 records
- Bodrum, Turkey - 1 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 74 records
- Scottish West Coast, United Kingdom - 8 records