Triplespine deepwater cardinalfish

Triplespine deepwater cardinalfish
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Epigonidae
Genus: Sphyraenops
T. N. Gill, 1860
Species: S. bairdianus
Binomial name
Sphyraenops bairdianus
Poey, 1861
Synonyms
  • Scombrosphyraena oceanica Fourmanoir, 1970

The triplespine deepwater cardinalfish (Sphyraenops bairdianus) is a species of deepwater cardinalfish of probably cosmopolitan distribution at depths from 200 to 1,750 m (660 to 5,740 ft). This species is the only known member of its genus.[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Sphyraenops bairdianus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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