Pencil cardinal
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| Epigonus denticulatus |
The pencil cardinalfish, Epigonus denticulatus, is a deepwater cardinalfish of the family Epigonidae, found circumglobally in all oceans, at depths of between 130 and 830m. Its length is up to 20 cm.
The pencil cardinalfish is very similar to the bulls-eye but has 7 instead of 8 spines in the first dorsal fin.
[edit] References
- "Epigonus denticulatus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
- 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
