Robust cardinalfish

Robust cardinalfish

Taxobox
name = Robust cardinalfish


image_caption =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Epigonidae
genus = "Epigonus"
species = "E. robustus"
binomial = "Epigonus robustus"
binomial_authority = (Barnard, 1927)

The robust cardinalfish, "Epigonus robustus", is a deepwater cardinalfish of the family Epigonidae, found circumglobally in southern temperate waters, at depths of between 500 and 3,000 m. Its length is up to 22 cm.

The robust cardinalfish is very similar to the big-eyed cardinalfish but with a longer first spine on the second dorsal fin.

References

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* Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, "Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand", (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8


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