Robust cardinalfish

Epigonus robustus

Long spine on dorsal

Temperate
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
South America
Fusiform
Medium

The robust cardinalfish (Epigonus robustus) is a species of deepwater cardinalfish found around the world in southern temperate waters at depths of from 500 to 3,000 metres (1,600 to 9,800 ft). It can reach a length of 22 centimetres (8.7 in) TL. It is a vigorous fish which, apart from the second dorsal fin exhibiting a longer spine, resembles the big-eyed cardinalfish.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Oceanic Basses
Family: Epigonidae
Genus: Epigonus
Maximum length: 22 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Circumglobal in southern temperate waters (Ref. 7300 ). South Atlantic: continental slope off Argentina and off South Africa. Indo-Pacific: seamounts in the West-Indian and West-Australian ridges, Great Australian Bight, Mill Rise, seamounts in the Khizen and Eltanin Fracture zones.

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