Cardinal Fish (Epigonus telescopus)


Name:	Cardinal Fish (Epigonus telescopus)
Family:	Epigonidae (Deepwater cardinalfishes)
Order:	Perciformes (perch-likes)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Alternative Name:	Bulls-eye
Max size:	75.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 5755); max. reported age: 104 years
Environment:	Bathydemersal; marine ; depth range 75 - 1200 m
Climate:	Deep-water; 65°N - 43°S
Importance:	Fisheries: commercial
Resilience:	Very low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (tmax=104
Distribution:	North Atlantic: Iceland to the Canary Islands and Corner Seamounts. One specimen off North America (Ref. 7321). Southeast Atlantic, Indian and Southwest Pacific: Walvis Ridge off southwestern Africa to New Zealand.
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 7-8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-11; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 9. No opercular spines. 8 spines on first dorsal fin (Ref. 31632). Snout blunt, eye large. Mouth large, lower jaw equaling or slightly protruding beyond upper jaw. Pyloric caeca 21-34. Brown-violet or black, iridescent in life.

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Cardinal Fish (Epigonus telescopus)

New Zealand commercial fish species