Epigonus denticulatus
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Perciformes (Perciformes, Also Called the Acanthopteri)
Epigonidae (Deepwater Cardinalfishes)
Epigonus
Epigonus denticulatus
Description
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Characters
Long caudal peduncle; opercular spine consisting of a membranous projection; head moderate to short; snout short and blunt; maxilla extends to anterior third or half of eye; teeth small, conical, in one to four rows in jaws, palatine, and vomer; tongue either lacks teeth or has several isolated tooth patches; preopercular angle produced and broadly rounded with striations radiating from inner edge; gill rakers on first arch simple and awl-like, 28-34; head length 31%-39% SL, head depth 16%-20% SL, caudal peduncle length 25%-32% SL, body depth 16%-24% SL; eye diameter 40%-48% head length; pectoral fin rays 18-20; first dorsal fin VII spines, second dorsal fin I spine and 10 (rarely 9) rays; anal fin II spines and 9 (rarely 8) rays; lateral line scales 46-49; pyloric caecae 10-14; vertebrae 25
Grayish brown over most of body, silvery on belly; dorsal and caudal fins yellowish; in preservative, brownish black and slightly darker dorsally than ventrally
Distribution
Northern Gulf of Mexico
Northern Gulf of Mexico
Habitat Associations
Near bottom between 200 and 830 m; juveniles between 130 and 145 m
Biology
188 mm SL
Adults benthic on the continental slope and collected with bottom trawls (Ref. 7321). Juveniles are pelagic in depths of 130-145 and 350-425 m (Ref. 9563). Feed on small fishes and planktonic invertebrates (Ref. 4738). Oviparous (Ref. 4738).
Reproductive mode: dioecism; fertilization: external; nonguarders (open water/substratum egg scatterers); parental care: none.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2012-07-11. Resilience: Medium (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: bycatch.
References
Mayer 1974
Masuda et al. 1984
Gon 2002b
Whitehead, P.J.P., M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) (1986) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vols. I-III:1473 p.
Gon, O. (1986) Apogonidae. p. 546-561. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Tortonese, E. (1986) Apogonidae. p. 803-809. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. vol. 2.
Maugé, L.A. and G.F. Mayer (1990) Apogonidae. p. 714-718. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2.
Meyer, M. and M.J. Smale (1991) Predation patterns of demersal teleosts from the Cape south and west coasts of South Africa.1. Pelagic predators. S. Afr. J. Mar. Sci. 11:173-191.
Abramov, A.A. (1992) Species composition and distribution of Epigonus (Epigonidae) in the world ocean. J. Ichthyol. 32(5):94-108.
Patzner, R.A. (2008) Reproductive strategies of fish. pp. 311-350. In Rocha, M.J., A. Arukwe and B.G. Kapoor (eds). Fish reproduction: cytology, biology and ecology. Science Publisher, Inc. Oxford. 631 p.
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