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Epigonus denticulatus (Bigeye; Gobbleguts; Pencil cardinal; White cardinal fish; White cardinalfish; White deepsea cardinalfish)

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Wikipedia Abstract

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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Prey / Diet

Euphausia lucens[1]
Paracallionymus costatus (Ladder dragonet)[1]
Themisto gaudichaudii[1]

Predators

Genypterus blacodes (Rock ling)[2]
Macruronus novaezelandiae (Whiptail hake)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Choricotyle crassicuta[3]
Pseudoaspinatrium epigoni[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Diets of fishes of the upper continental slope of eastern Tasmania: content, calorific values, dietary overlap and trophic relationships, S.J.M. Blaber and C.M. Bulman, Marine Biology 95, 345-356 (1987)
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0