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Epigonus telescopus (Risso, 1810)

Black cardinal fish
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New Zealand country information

Common names: Black cardinalfish, Cardinalfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: fairly common (chances are about 50%) | Ref: Armitage, R.O., D.A. Payne, G.J. Lockley, H.M. Currie, R.L. Colban, B.G. Lamb and L.J. Paul (eds.), 1994
Importance: minor commercial | Ref: Armitage, R.O., D.A. Payne, G.J. Lockley, H.M. Currie, R.L. Colban, B.G. Lamb and L.J. Paul (eds.), 1994
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Widely distributed around New Zealand, most common off the east coast of the North Island, in 300 to 800 m (Ref. 9258). Recorded as scarce in the Northeastern and Eastern Chatham Rise (Ref. 87166). First record in the Chatham Islands (Ref. 45493). Also Ref. 4329, 31632.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.fish.govt.nz/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Paulin, C., A. Stewart, C. Roberts and P. McMillan, 1989
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Poisson cardinal, Эпигонус-телескоп, Boca negra, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Acropomatiformes (Oceanic basses) > Epigonidae (Deepwater cardinalfishes)
Etymology: Epigonus: Greek, epi = over, in front + Greek, gonio = angle (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Risso.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 75 - 1305 m (Ref. 4738), usually 300 - 800 m (Ref. 4738).   Deep-water; 65°N - 43°S

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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