Scientific Name	Acanthocepola limbata   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Valenciennes, 1835)	Depth	80 - 200M
Chinese	背點棘赤刀魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	赤刀魚科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F407　Cepolidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	背點棘赤刀魚
Max Length	50 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	紅簾魚、紅帶(澎湖)、紅獅公(澎湖)、紅新娘仔(澎湖)
Distribution in World	Japan to Taiwan	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、North East
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Japan
Synonyms	Cepola limbata
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；楊鴻嘉圖鑑 (金)  Cuvier, G. etc. 1835 楊鴻嘉, 楊誠國 1990 楊鴻嘉, 陳良德 1993 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 楊鴻嘉, 陳良德 1995 楊鴻嘉, 張寶仁 1996
Specimen List	ASIZP0058381. ASIZP0059451. ASIZP0059583. ASIZP0061524. ASIZP0064704. ASIZP0064840. ASIZP0064947. ASIZP0079016. ASIZP0080392. ASIZP0700212. ASIZP0800054. ASIZP0800446. ASIZP0800447. ASIZP0806568. ASIZP0910054. ASIZP0910446. ASIZP0910447. ASIZP0916568. CAS15246. CAS30325. FRIP00010. FRIP00011. FRIP21321. FWO1749-T. NMMBP00028. NMMBP00153. NMMBP01228. NMMBP04162. NMMSTP00751. NMNSF00479. NTMP0553. NTMP1135. NTUM05356. NTUM05357. NTUM06222. NTUM06223. SIO90-151d. ...List all 38 records...
Barcode	2008-03-25,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100% 2016-01-29,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100% 2012-01-02,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2014-10-30,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,96% 2015-11-01,Yu-Ming Shih,CO1,100%
Common Name	Bandfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body ribbon-like, very slender, last soft ray of dorsal and anal fins connected to caudal fin by a membrane; body depth 13 in stardand length. Head short, with blunt snout. Eyes relatively large and high on head. Mouth large, oblique; upper jaw broad at end, without supramaxilla, and extending to below posterior margin of eye; a single row of slender, slightly curved teeth in jaws. Posterior margin of preopercle serrated. Dorsal fin continuous, with 102-104 rays; anal fin with 105-107 rays; caudal fin lanceolate. Lateral line high on body, close to dorsal-fin base. Body uniformly orange-red or bright rosy without any markings on side when life; anterior part of dorsal fin with a large distinct black blotch.
habitats	Adults pair and feed in loose groups; juveniles gather in small groups on deep sand slopes, usually in current-prone areas.
Distribution	Distributed in the northwest Pacific from central Honshu, Japan southward to Taiwan. Also occurring in the Western Central Pacific. It is found in western, eastern and northeastern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	No commercial value.