Deepwater Cardinalfish
Brephostoma
Brinkmannella
Epigonus
Florenciella
Microichthys
Rosenblattia
Sphyraenops
See text for species.
Deepwater cardinalfishes are perciform fishes in the family Epigonidae.
They are small fishes: the largest, Epigonus telescopes, reaches 75 cm in length, and most grow to no more than 20 cm or so.
They are found in temperate and tropical oceans throughout the world. They are bathydemersal fishes (inhabiting deep waters close to the sea bed) and have been found at depths down to 3,000 m.