Cr.l'OLlli.K. 



Fam. 41. CEPOLID.E. 



Tieuioidei, part., Cttviev, Miillci; Owen. 

 Cepoloidei, Bleek. Entim. Spec. p. xxvi. 



Body very elongate, compressed, band-like, covered ■with small 

 cycloid scales ; eye lateral. Teeth of moderate size. The infra- 

 orbital bones do not articulate with the praeoperculum. One dorsal, 

 which, like the anal fin, is very long, and composed of soft rays. 

 Ventrals thoracic, composed of one spine and five rays. No ])r()- 

 minent papilla near the vent. Gill-opening -wide, with the gill- 

 membranes scarcely united below the throat ; branchiostegals six, 

 pseudobranchiaj and an air-bladder pi'escnt ; pyloric appendage.-5 in 

 small number. Caudal vertebrae exceedingl)^ numerous. 



Temperate seas of Western Europe and of Eastern Asia ; one spe- 

 cies extending to the East Indies. 



Only one genus. 



1. CEPOLA*. 



Cepola, L. Syst. Nut. i. p. 445 ; Ciiv. Reyne Anim. 



Body very elongate, compressed, covered with very small scales. 

 Head obtuse, with the cleft of the mouth rather wide and oblique. 

 Eyes lateral, large. Dorsal and anal fins vciy long, composed of soft 

 rays, more or less contiguous with the caudal ; ventral fins thoracic, 

 composed of one spine and five rays. Teeth moderate; palate smooth. 

 Oill-openings wide, with the gill-membranes scarcely united below 

 the throat ; gills four; pscudobranchitc present ; branchiostegals six ; 

 air-bladder large. Pyloric appendages in small number. 



Mediterranean. British coasts. Seas of China and Japan ; one 

 species extending southwards to Pinang. 



1. Cepola rubescens. 



The Band- fish. 



Sei-pens rubescens, lioitdcl. xiv. cap. 8. p. 410; Gcsncr, p. F()3; 



Wmnyhhy, p. 118. 

 I\I yrus alter, Aldrov. iii. c. 28. p. 3G7 ; Junst. tab. 5. fig. 5. 

 T;enia rubra, Willuyhhy, p. 117; Itayy Syn. p. 71. 

 T;enia, no. 3, Artcdi, Synon. p. 115. 

 Cepola rubescens, L. Syst. Nut. i. p. 445 ; HI. Sckn. p. 241 ; Montug. 



Trans. Linn. Soc. vii. p. 291. pi. 17; Walh. Artcdi, iii. p. 117; Briinn, 



Jchth. Mass. p. 28; 7^mo, Ichfh. Nice, p. 158, and IJ/ir. Mcrid. iii. 



n. 294; Donor. Brit. Fishes, v. pi. 105; Turfon, Brit. Faun. p. 04; 



Yarr. Brit. Fishes, 1st edit. i. p. 195, 2iid edit. i. p. 224, .'inf edit. 



ii. p. 305 ; Coach, Trans. Linti. Soc. xiv. p. 70 ; Car. t^ Val. x. p. 388. 



pi. .'300 ; Guichen. Fxj). yllyer. Poiss. p. 05. 



* 1. Cepola striata, lit. l^chv. p. 242. -Tranqviebar. 



