Scientific Name	Acanthocepola krusensternii   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)	Depth	200 - 250M
Chinese	克氏棘赤刀魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	赤刀魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F407　Cepolidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	克氏棘赤刀魚
Max Length	40 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	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	East、North East
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Seas of Japan
Synonyms	Acanthocepola krusensterni, Cepola krusensternii
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；福建魚類誌(朱等, 1985)  朱元鼎 編 1985 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0059498. NMMBP04242. NMMBP04243. NTUM05355.
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 8 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 78-82 rays; anal fin with 76-82 rays; caudal fin lanceolate. Lateral line high on body, close to dorsal-fin base. Body uniformly orange-red or bright rosy with many orange-yellow spots when life; anterior part of dorsal fin without black blotch.
habitats	Inhabits the shallowest water, compared to other cepolids. Lives on muddy substrates, deep as well as in shallow protected estuaries.
Distribution	Distributed in the western Pacific from southern Japan to the China Sea. Also reported from Indonesia and northwestern Australia. It is mainly found in northeastern and eastern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	No commercial value.