Biology:Pencil cardinal

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Pencil cardinal
Epigonus denticulatus.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Epigonidae
Genus: Epigonus
Species:
E. denticulatus
Binomial name
Epigonus denticulatus
Dieuzeide, 1950[2]

The pencil cardinalfish (Epigonus denticulatus) is a species of deepwater cardinalfish found around the world at depths of 130 to 830 m (430 to 2,720 ft). This fish can reach up to 20 cm (7.9 in) in TL.[3]

The pencil cardinalfish and the bulls-eye are very similar, except the former has seven spines in the first dorsal fin, whereas the latter has eight.

References

  1. de Morais, L.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; Carpenter, K.E.; de Bruyne, G.; Goren, M.; Pollard, D.; Yokes, B.; Bizsel, K. (2015). "Epigonus denticulatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T198652A15571151. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T198652A15571151.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/198652/15571151. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN:0-00-216987-8
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Epigonus denticulatus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1757016 entry