Acanthocepola indica Red-spotted bandfish

Acanthocepola indica is commonly referred to as Red-spotted bandfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

1831 

AphiaID:

218873 

Scientific:

Acanthocepola indica 

German:

Bandfisch 

English:

Red-spotted Bandfish 

Category:

Kolcogłowy 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Cepolidae (Family) > Acanthocepola (Genus) > indica (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Day, ), 1888 

Occurrence:

Hong Kong, Bangladesh, China, Corea, Gulf of Bengal / Bay of Bengal, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Iran, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal (Province East Coast South Africa), Malaysia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Somalia, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tansania, Yemen 

Marine Zone:

Mesopelagial
Mesopelagic zone
lies between 200 to 1000 meters depth, thus it is considered the "twilight zone of the sea" between the light and dark depth zones. 

Sea depth:

15 - 300 Meter 

Habitats:

Muddy grounds, Sandy sea floors 

Size:

up to 3.94" (10 cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 82.4 °F (24°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Food specialist, Zooplankton 

Tank:

109.99 gal (~ 500L)  

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Acanthocepola abbreviata
• 
  Acanthocepola indica
  Bandfisch
• Acanthocepola krusensternii
• 
  Acanthocepola limbata
  Bandfisch

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Acanthocepola sp. 01
  Bandfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2006-02-05 19:10:04 

Last edit:

2025-06-26 13:09:32 

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