Deepwater cardinalfishes are perciform fishes in the family Epigonidae.
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Deepwater cardinalfishes are perciform fishes in the family
Epigonidae.
They are small fishes: the largest species,
Epigonus telescopes, reaches 75 cm in length, and most species grow to no more than 20 cm or so.
They are found in temperate and tropical oceans throughout the world. They are bathydemersal fishes (inhabiting deep waters close to the sea bed) and have been found at depths down to 3,000 m.
Species
There are 34 species in seven genera:
- Genus Brephostoma
- Brephostoma carpenteri Alcock
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, 1889.
- Genus Brinkmannella
- Brinkmannella elongata Parr, 1933.
- Genus Epigonus
Epigonus is a fish genus of the family Epigonidae.-Species:*Epigonus affinis Parin & Abramov, 1986 *Epigonus angustifrons Abramov & Manilo, 1987 *Epigonus atherinoides ...
- Epigonus affinis Parin & Abramov, 1986.
- Epigonus angustifrons Abramov & Manilo, 1987.
- Epigonus atherinoides (Gilbert, 1905).
- Epigonus cavaticus Ida, Okamoto & Sakaue, 2007.
- Epigonus constanciae (Giglioli, 1880).
- Epigonus crassicaudus de Buen, 1959.
- Epigonus ctenolepis Mochizuki & Shirakihara, 1983.
- Pencil cardinal
The pencil cardinalfish, Epigonus denticulatus, is a deepwater cardinalfish of the family Epigonidae, found around the world, at depths of between 130 and 830m. Its length is up to 20 cm....
, Epigonus denticulatus Dieuzeide, 1950.
- Epigonus devaneyi Gon, 1985.
- Epigonus elegans Parin & Abramov, 1986.
- Epigonus elongatus (Parr, 1933).
- Epigonus fragilis (Jordan
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, 1922).
- Epigonus glossodontus Gon, 1985.
- Epigonus heracleus Parin & Abramov, 1986.
- Big-eyed cardinalfish
The big-eyed cardinalfish, bigeye cardinalfish, or bigeye, Epigonus lenimen, is a deepwater cardinalfish of the genus Epigonus, found in southern temperate waters at depths of between 500 and 800 m...
, Epigonus lenimen (Whitley, 1935).
- Epigonus macrops (Brauer, 1906).
- Epigonus marimonticolus Parin & Abramov, 1986.
- Epigonus merleni McCosker & Long, 1997.
- Epigonus notacanthus Parin & Abramov, 1986.
- Epigonus occidentalis Goode
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, 1896.
- Epigonus oligolepis Mayer, 1974.
- Bigeye, Epigonus pandionis (Goode
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, 1881).
- Epigonus parini Abramov, 1987.
- Epigonus pectinifer Mayer, 1974.
- Robust cardinalfish
The robust cardinalfish, Epigonus robustus, is a deepwater cardinalfish of the family Epigonidae, found around the world in southern temperate waters, at depths of between 500 and 3,000 m. Its length is up to 22 cm....
, Epigonus robustus (Mead & De Falla, 1965).
- Bulls-eye
The bulls-eye or deepsea cardinalfish, Epigonus telescopus, is a deepwater cardinalfish of the family Epigonidae, found in most temperate oceans worldwide, at depths of between 75 and 1,200 m...
, Epigonus telescopus (RissoAntoine Joseph Risso was an Italian-French naturalist. He is denoted by the author abbreviation Risso when citing a botanical name....
, 1810).
- Epigonus waltersensis Parin & Abramov, 1986.
- Genus Florenciella
Florenciella is a genus of heterokont.It includes the species Florenciella lugubris....
- Florenciella lugubris Mead & De Falla, 1965.
- Genus Microichthys
- Microichthys coccoi Rüppell
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, 1852.
- Microichthys sanzoi Sparta, 1950.
- Genus Rosenblattia
- Rosenblattia robusta
Rosenblattia robusta is a species of deepwater cardinalfish, the only member of the genus Rosenblattia, found around the world in southern temperate waters. Its length is between 5 and 12 cm.-References:...
Mead & De Falla, 1965.
- Genus Sphyraenops
- Sphyraenops bairdianus Poey
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, 1861.