''Epigonus elongatus'' is a species of

deepwater cardinalfish Epigonidae, the deepwater cardinalfishes, are a family of perciform fishes. The family includes about 43 species. They are small fishes: the largest, ''Epigonus telescopus'', reaches in length, and most grow to no more than or so. They are f ...

found in the Western

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mainly north of Madagascar and quite near the Seychelles. This fish occurs at depths of .

Size

This species reaches a length of .

Etymology

The fish name means referring to its elongate body.

References

elongatus Taxa named by Nikolai Vasilyevich Parin Taxa named by Alexei Alexandrovich Abramov Fish described in 1986 {{Perciformes-stub