Deepwater cardinalfish

Epigonus marisrubri

Endemic Epigonid Fish of Gulf of Aqaba

Deepwater cardinalfish is a marine fish of Western Indian Ocean. The species occupies marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 14 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Oceanic Basses
Family: Epigonidae
Genus: Epigonus
Maximum length: 14 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea: Gulf of Aqaba, Jordan. Only known from the type locality, a coral reef area in front of the Marine Science Station in Aqaba, at the northern tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, where it was found at a depth of only 52 m. First record of the family Epigonidae from the Red Sea, representing the northermost occurrence in the Indian Ocean (Ref. 83754 ).

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