page_title: Cepola macrophthalma
section_title: As food
hierarchical_section_title: Cepola macrophthalma / As food
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Cepola macrophthalma
context_page_description: Cepola macrophthalma is a fish of the bandfish family Cepolidae. 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.
context_section_description: Historically, this species was an important food fish. The earliest recorded recipe, by the Greek cook Mithaecus, was for this species. Andrew Dalby translated it as follows:
  Tainia: gut, discard the head, rinse, slice; add cheese and oil.
  Tainia was the name by which the ancient Greeks called Cepola macrophthalma, and the oil was olive oil. In modern times the species is of a lesser importance. In some countries (such as Italy and Spain) it is still consumed, but in others (such as Greece) it is generally discarded when caught by fishermen trying to catch more desirable species. The fish is prized by British deep-sea anglers, and poaching by anglers is a major threat to the population at Lundy.
caption: At the market in Italy in the 2019; Fiammette is the common name
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