Cocco's Deep-water Cardinalfish

Microichthys coccoi

Epigonid Fish beneath the Atlantic Ocean

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Deep-bodied
Compressed cross-section
Small
Tropical fish

Cocco's Deep-water Cardinalfish is known around Eastern Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 3 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Oceanic Basses
Family: Epigonidae
Genus: Microichthys
Maximum length: 3 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: known only from the Strait of Messina (Sicily) in the Mediterranean.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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