Diagnostic Description
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Lacks opercular spines (Ref. 31632). Membranous edge at upper border of the gill cover is well developed. Caudal peduncle elongated, body not deep (Ref. 31632). Pyloric caeca 10-14. Preserved specimens are brownish to yellowish in color, dorsally darker. Numerous brown-black melanophores on scale pockets.
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 8 - 9
Trophic Strategy
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Occur in the continental slope (Ref. 7300, 75154). Pelagic juveniles are caught at 130-145 m and 350-425 m. Feed on small fishes and planktonic invertebrates, mainly crustacean larvae (Ref. 4738, 58748).
Biology
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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).
分布
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全球性分布之魚類。台灣東北部有產。陳等(2010)記錄本種產於墾丁地區。
利用
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無任何經濟價值。
描述
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體延長而成亞圓筒形。眼大，卵圓形。眶下骨平滑。鰓蓋骨不具棘。口大，斜裂；上頜骨窄，末端不延伸至眼中部下方；頜骨、鋤骨和腭骨通常具小犬齒。體被櫛鱗；側線完整，向後延伸至尾鰭中部，計49-51。鰓耙數8-9+19-21。背鰭分離，第一背鰭有VIII棘，第二背鰭具I棘及10軟條；臀鰭具II棘及9枚軟條；尾鰭叉形。體黃褐色，背側較暗；鱗片上具黑色素斑。
棲地
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主要棲息於大陸棚斜坡。群居性，以浮游動物或其它底棲無脊椎動物為食。
Pencil cardinal
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The pencil cardinalfish (Epigonus denticulatus) is a species of deepwater cardinalfish found around the world at depths of 130 to 830 m (430 to 2,720 ft). This fish can reach up to 20 cm (7.9 in) in TL.[3]
The pencil cardinalfish and the bulls-eye are very similar, except the former has seven spines in the first dorsal fin, whereas the latter has eight.
References
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^ de Morais, L.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; Carpenter, K.E.; de Bruyne, G.; Goren, M.; Pollard, D.; Yokes, B.; Bizsel, K. (2015). "Epigonus denticulatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T198652A15571151. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T198652A15571151.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
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^ Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Epigonus denticulatus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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Pencil cardinal: Brief Summary
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The pencil cardinalfish (Epigonus denticulatus) is a species of deepwater cardinalfish found around the world at depths of 130 to 830 m (430 to 2,720 ft). This fish can reach up to 20 cm (7.9 in) in TL.
The pencil cardinalfish and the bulls-eye are very similar, except the former has seven spines in the first dorsal fin, whereas the latter has eight.
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Distribution
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Caribbean to the Hudson Canyon
North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
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Habitat
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benthic
North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
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Habitat
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Known from seamounts and knolls
Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.
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