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Deepwater Cardinalfishes

Epigonidae

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Epigonidae

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Epigonidae, the deepwater cardinalfishes, are a family of perciform fishes. The family includes about 43 species.[3]

They are small fishes: the largest, Epigonus telescopus, reaches 75 cm (30 in) in length,[4] and most grow to no more than 20 cm (7.9 in) 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 of 3,000 m (9,800 ft).[5]

Timeline

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Genera

The following genera are included in the Epigonidae:[7]

References

  1. ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675. Archived from the original on 2021-03-10. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). "Epigonidae" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  3. ^ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 435. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
  4. ^ John E. McCosker & Douglas J. Long (1997). "A new species of the deepwater cardinalfish Epigonus (Perciformes: Epigonidae) from the Galápagos Islands". Ichthyological Research. 44 (2): 125–129. doi:10.1007/BF02678691. S2CID 29488053.
  5. ^ John D. McEachran & Janice D. Fechhelm (1998). Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Volume 2: Scorpaeniformes to Tetraodontiformes. University of Texas Press. pp. 235–242. ISBN 0292706340.
  6. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. Seposki Online. 364: 560. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  7. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Epigonidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
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Epigonidae: Brief Summary

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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 75 cm (30 in) in length, and most grow to no more than 20 cm (7.9 in) 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 of 3,000 m (9,800 ft).

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