| Pencil cardinalfish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Epigonidae |
| Genus: | Epigonus |
| Species: | E. denticulatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Epigonus denticulatus |
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The pencil cardinalfish, Epigonus denticulatus, is a deepwater cardinalfish of the family Epigonidae, found around the world, at depths of between 130 and 830m. Its length is up to 20 cm.
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.