Biology:Epigonus elongatus
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Short description: Species of fish
| Epigonus elongatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Epigonidae |
| Genus: | Epigonus |
| Species: | E. elongatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Epigonus elongatus Parin & Abramov, 1986
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Epigonus elongatus is a species of deepwater cardinalfish found in the Western Indian Ocean mainly north of Madagascar and quite near the Seychelles. This fish occurs at depths of 300 m (980 ft).[1]
Size
This species reaches a length of 16.0 cm (6.3 in).[2]
Etymology
The fish name means referring to its elongate body.[3]
References
- ↑ Abramov, A.A., 1992. Species composition and distribution of Epigonus (Epigonidae) in the world ocean. J. Ichthyol. 32(5):94-108.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Epigonus elongatus" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ↑ "Order ACROPOTAMIFORMES: Families SCOMBROPIDAE, CHAMPSODONTIDAE, CREEDIIDAE, HEMEROCOETIDAE, HOWELLIDAE, SYNAGROPIDAE, MALAKICHTHYIDAE, ACROPOMATIDAE, SYMPHYSANODONTIDAE, EPIGONIDAE, POLYPRIONIDAE, STEREOLEPIDIDAE, LATEOBRACIDAE, GLAUCOSOMATIDAE, PEMPHERIDAE, BATHYCLUPEIDAE, PENTACEROTIDAE, OSTRACOBERYCIDAE, BANJOSIDAE and DINOLESTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/acropomatiformes/.
Wikidata ☰ Q2754281 entry
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