Deepwater cardinalfishes are perciform fishes in the family Epigonidae.

They are small fishes: the largest species, Epigonus telescopes, reaches 75 cm in length, and most species grow to no more than 20 cm or so.

They are found in temperate and tropical oceans throughout the world. They are bathydemersal fishes (inhabiting deep waters close to the sea bed) and have been found at depths down to 3,000 m.

Species

There are 34 species in seven genera:

• Genus Brephostoma
  • Brephostoma carpenteri Alcock
    Alfred William Alcock
    Alfred William Alcock was a British physician naturalist and carcinologist.Alcock was the son of a sea-captain, John Alcock in Bombay, India who retired to live in Blackheath...
    
    , 1889.
• Genus Brinkmannella
  • Brinkmannella elongata Parr, 1933.
• Genus Epigonus
  Epigonus (genus)
  Epigonus is a fish genus of the family Epigonidae.-Species:*Epigonus affinis Parin & Abramov, 1986 *Epigonus angustifrons Abramov & Manilo, 1987 *Epigonus atherinoides *Epigonus constanciae...
  
  
  • Epigonus affinis Parin & Abramov, 1986.
  • Epigonus angustifrons Abramov & Manilo, 1987.
  • Epigonus atherinoides (Gilbert, 1905).
  • Epigonus cavaticus Ida, Okamoto & Sakaue, 2007.
  • Epigonus constanciae (Giglioli, 1880).
  • Epigonus crassicaudus de Buen, 1959.
  • Epigonus ctenolepis Mochizuki & Shirakihara, 1983.
  • Pencil cardinal
    Pencil cardinal
    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....
    
    , Epigonus denticulatus Dieuzeide, 1950.
  • Epigonus devaneyi Gon, 1985.
  • Epigonus elegans Parin & Abramov, 1986.
  • Epigonus elongatus (Parr, 1933).
  • Epigonus fragilis (Jordan
    David Starr Jordan
    David Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenicist, ichthyologist, educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University.-Early life and education:...
    
     & Jordan
    David Starr Jordan
    David Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenicist, ichthyologist, educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University.-Early life and education:...
    
    , 1922).
  • Epigonus glossodontus Gon, 1985.
  • Epigonus heracleus Parin & Abramov, 1986.
  • Big-eyed cardinalfish
    Big-eyed cardinalfish
    The big-eyed cardinalfish, bigeye cardinalfish, or bigeye, Epigonus lenimen, is a deepwater cardinalfish of the genus Epigonus, found in southern temperate waters at depths of between 500 and 800 m...
    
    , Epigonus lenimen (Whitley, 1935).
    
  • Epigonus macrops (Brauer, 1906).
  • Epigonus marimonticolus Parin & Abramov, 1986.
  • Epigonus merleni McCosker & Long, 1997.
  • Epigonus notacanthus Parin & Abramov, 1986.
  • Epigonus occidentalis Goode
    George Brown Goode
    George Brown Goode , was an ichthyologist, although most of his time was spent as a museum administrator and he was very interested in the history of science, especially the history of the development of science in America. Goode graduated from Wesleyan University and studied at Harvard University...
    
     & Bean
    Tarleton Hoffman Bean
    Tarleton Hoffman Bean was an American ichthyologist, born at Bainbridge, Pennsylvania on 8 October 1846. He died in Albany, New York on 28 December 1916.-FAMILY AND EDUCATION :...
    
    , 1896.
    
  • Epigonus oligolepis Mayer, 1974.
  • Bigeye, Epigonus pandionis (Goode
    George Brown Goode
    George Brown Goode , was an ichthyologist, although most of his time was spent as a museum administrator and he was very interested in the history of science, especially the history of the development of science in America. Goode graduated from Wesleyan University and studied at Harvard University...
    
     & Bean
    Tarleton Hoffman Bean
    Tarleton Hoffman Bean was an American ichthyologist, born at Bainbridge, Pennsylvania on 8 October 1846. He died in Albany, New York on 28 December 1916.-FAMILY AND EDUCATION :...
    
    , 1881).
  • Epigonus parini Abramov, 1987.
  • Epigonus pectinifer Mayer, 1974.
  • Robust cardinalfish
    Robust cardinalfish
    The robust cardinalfish, Epigonus robustus, is a deepwater cardinalfish of the family Epigonidae, found around the world in southern temperate waters, at depths of between 500 and 3,000 m. Its length is up to 22 cm....
    
    , Epigonus robustus (Mead & De Falla, 1965).
  • Bulls-eye
    Bulls-eye
    The bulls-eye or deepsea cardinalfish, Epigonus telescopus, is a deepwater cardinalfish of the family Epigonidae, found in most temperate oceans worldwide, at depths of between 75 and 1,200 m...
    
    , Epigonus telescopus (Risso
    Antoine Risso
    Giuseppe Antonio Risso , called Antoine Risso, was a Niçard naturalist.Risso was born in Nice, County of Nice, a part of the Duchy of Savoy, and studied under Giovanni Battista Balbis. He published , and . Risso's dolphin was named after him...
    
    , 1810).
  • Epigonus waltersensis Parin & Abramov, 1986.
• Genus Florenciella
  Florenciella
  Florenciella is a genus of heterokont.It includes the species Florenciella lugubris....
  
  
  • Florenciella lugubris Mead & De Falla, 1965.
• Genus Microichthys
  • Microichthys coccoi Rüppell
    Eduard Rüppell
    Wilhelm Peter Eduard Simon Rüppell was a German naturalist and explorer. Rüppell is occasionally transliterated to "Rueppell" for the English alphabet....
    
    , 1852.
  • Microichthys sanzoi Sparta, 1950.
• Genus Rosenblattia
  • Rosenblattia robusta
    Rosenblattia robusta
    Rosenblattia robusta is a species of deepwater cardinalfish, the only member of the genus Rosenblattia, found around the world in southern temperate waters. Its length is between 5 and 12 cm.-References:...
    
    Mead & De Falla, 1965.
• Genus Sphyraenops
  • Sphyraenops bairdianus Poey
    Felipe Poey
    -Biography:Poey was born in Havana, the son of French and Spanish parents. He spent several years of his life in Pau then studied law in Madrid. He became a lawyer in Spain but was forced to leave due to his liberal ideas, returning to Cuba in 1823. He began to concentrate on the study of the...
    
    , 1861.