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Epigonus robustus

Epigonus robustus (SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC )

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Percoidei
Superfamilia: Percoidea
Familia: Epigonidae
Genus: Epigonus
Species: E. robustus

Vernacular Name
Internationalization
English: Bigeye cardinalfish or robust cardinalfish

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

It is a vigorous fish which, apart from the second dorsal fin exhibiting a longer spine, resembles the big-eyed cardinalfish.
References

Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Epigonus robustus" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
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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