Cepola oriens Frost 1925 (perch-like fish)

Actinopteri - Perciformes - Cepolidae

Full reference: G. A. Frost. 1925. Description of fish otoliths from the Tertiary formationsof Atcheen, Northern Sumatra. Dienst van den Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Oost-Indiƫ Wetenschappelijke Mededeelingen 1:1-28

Belongs to Cepola according to G. A. Frost 1925

Sister taxa: Cepola ambifaria, Cepola anderssoni, Cepola bartonensis, Cepola cuneata, Cepola elegans, Cepola fritnnans, Cepola haastii, Cepola macropthalma, Cepola praerubescens, Cepola rostislavi, Cepola rubescens, Cepola voslauensis, Cepola yrieuensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Peusangan, which is in a Neogene marine horizon in Indonesia

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Peusangan

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