Spiny-nosed Deepwater Cardinalfish, Epigonus pectinifer Mayer 1974

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Spiny-nosed Deepwater Cardinalfish, Epigonus pectinifer Mayer 1974

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Distribution	East of Wooli, NSW (29°53'S, 153°42'E). Elsewhere the species occurs in the Pacific and western North Atlantic, on or around continental slopes and seamounts.
Species Citation	Epigonus pectinifer Mayer 1974, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Harvard 146(3): 186, fig. 19. Type locality: off Grenada [12°01'N, 61°53'30"W].
Author	Bray, D.J. 2017
Resources	Australian Faunal Directory

Spiny-nosed Deepwater Cardinalfish, Epigonus pectinifer Mayer 1974

References

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Mayer, G.F. 1974. A revision of the cardinalfish genus Epigonus (Perciformes, Apogonidae), with descriptions of two new species. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 146(3): 147-203 figs 1-22

Okamoto, M. 2012. Two new species of the genus Epigonus (Perciformes: Epigonidae) from the South Pacific, with a definition of the Epigonus constanciae group. Ichthyological Research 59: 242–254