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Epigonus elongatus

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Species of ray-finned fish

Epigonus elongatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acropomatiformes
Family: Epigonidae
Genus: Epigonus
Species: E. elongatus
Binomial name
Epigonus elongatus
Parin & Abramov, 1986

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).

Size

This species reaches a length of 16.0 cm (6.3 in).

Etymology

The fish name means referring to its elongate body.

References

  1. Abramov, A.A., 1992. Species composition and distribution of Epigonus (Epigonidae) in the world ocean. J. Ichthyol. 32(5):94-108.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Epigonus elongatus". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "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. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
Taxon identifiers
Epigonus elongatus


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