The robust cardinalfish (''Epigonus robustus'') 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 around the world in southern temperate waters at depths of from . It can reach a length of
TL.
It is a vigorous fish which, apart from the second
dorsal fin exhibiting a longer spine, resembles the
big-eyed cardinalfish
The big-eyed cardinalfish or bigeye cardinalfish (''Epigonus lenimen'') 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 ...
.
References
* Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand'', (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982)
Epigonidae
Fish described in 1927
Taxa named by Keppel Harcourt Barnard
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