Deepwater cardinalfish

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Deepwater cardinalfishes are perciform fishes in the family Epigonidae.

They are small fishes: the largest species, Epigonus telescopes, reaches 75 cm in length, and most species grow to no more than 20 cm or so.

They are found in temperate and tropical oceans throughout the world. They are bathydemersal fishes (inhabiting deep waters close to the sea bed) and have been found at depths down to 3,000 m.

Species

There are 33 species in seven genera:

• Genus Brephostoma
• * Brephostoma carpenteri Alcock, 1889.
• Genus Brinkmannella
• * Brinkmannella elongata Parr, 1933.
• Genus Epigonus
• * Epigonus affinis Parin & Abramov, 1986.
• * Epigonus angustifrons Abramov & Manilo, 1987.
• * Epigonus atherinoides (Gilbert, 1905).
• * Epigonus constanciae (Giglioli, 1880).
• * Epigonus crassicaudus de Buen, 1959.
• * Epigonus ctenolepis Mochizuki & Shirakihara, 1983.
• * Pencil cardinal, Epigonus denticulatus Dieuzeide, 1950.
• * Epigonus devaneyi Gon, 1985.
• * Epigonus elegans Parin & Abramov, 1986.
• * Epigonus elongatus (Parr, 1933).
• * Epigonus fragilis (Jordan & Jordan, 1922).
• * Epigonus glossodontus Gon, 1985.
• * Epigonus heracleus Parin & Abramov, 1986.
• * Big-eyed cardinalfish, Epigonus lenimen (Whitley, 1935).

• * Epigonus macrops (Brauer, 1906).
• * Epigonus marimonticolus Parin & Abramov, 1986.
• * Epigonus merleni McCosker & Long, 1997.
• * Epigonus notacanthus Parin & Abramov, 1986.
• * Epigonus occidentalis Goode & Bean, 1896.

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