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Luminous deepsea cardinalfish (Epigonus macrops)
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Luminous deepsea cardinalfish (Epigonus macrops) specimen
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Epigonidae

Luminous deepsea cardinalfish

Epigonus macrops

Epigonid Fish of Indonesian Waters

  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • North America
  • Oceania
  • South America
  • Southeast Asia
  • Fusiform
  • Medium

Luminous deepsea cardinalfish is known around Indo-Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the largest recorded length is 21.2 cm.

Maximum length
21.2 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Tanzania to Viet Nam (Ref. 31632 ), Indonesia (Ref. 26165 ) and western Australia. Western Atlantic: Florida, USA (Ref. 31632 ) to Suriname and French Guiana (Ref. 13608 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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