Epigonidae

Carpenter's deepwater cardinalfish

Brephostoma carpenteri

Alone in its genus down to three thousand meters

• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Oceania
• Small

Brephostoma carpenteri is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Epigonidae, the deepwater cardinalfishes. It occurs in the Pacific Ocean around Papua New Guinea and Hawaii, where it can be found at depths from 500 to 3,782 m (1,640 to 12,408 ft). This species is the only known member of its genus.