Deep-water Cardinalfishes - Family: Epigonidae
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White Deep-sea Cardinalfish - Epigonus denticulatus
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Yasemutsu - Epigonus pectinifer
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Robust Deep-sea Cardinalfish - Epigonus robustus
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Taxonomy:
Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
> Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
> Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
> Superorder: Acanthomorpha (Spiny-rayed Fishes
> Order: Acropomatiformes (Oceanic Basses)
> Family: Epigonidae (Deep-water Cardinalfishes)
> Genus: Epigonus
> Species: E. denticulatus - White Deep-sea Cardinalfish
> Species: E. pectinifer - Yasemutsu
> Species: E. robustus - Robust Deep-sea Cardinalfish
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