Cepola macrophthalma

Cepola macrophthalma
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Cepolidae
Genus:	Cepola
Species:	C. macrophthalma
Binomial name
	Cepola macrophthalma; (Linnaeus, 1758)
	Distribution of Cepola macrophthalma; dark blue: common; light blue: uncommon;
Synonyms
	Ophidion macrophthalmum Linnaeus, 1758; Cepola rubescens Linnaeus, 1758; Cepola taenia Linnaeus, 1766; Cepola serpentiformis Lacépède, 1800; Cepola marginata Rafinesque, 1810; Cepola longicauda Swainson, 1839; Cepola truncata Swainson, 1839; Cepola jugularis Swainson, 1839; Cepola gigas Swainson, 1839; Cepola attentuata Swainson, 1839; Cepola novemradiata Swainson, 1839;

Cepola macrophthalma is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cepolidae, the bandfishes. It is found in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean from Senegal north to the British Isles. This species is known as the red bandfish, though this name is also given to other members of the genus Cepola.

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