Bulls-eye

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Bulls-eye
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Epigonidae
Genus: Epigonus
Species: E. telescopus
Binomial name
Epigonus telescopus
(Risso, 1810)

The bulls-eye or deepsea cardinalfish, Epigonus telescopus, is a deepwater cardinalfish of the family Epigonidae, found in most temperate oceans worldwide, at depths of between 75 and 1,200 m. Its length is between 30 and 75 cm.

[edit] References

  • Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Epigonus telescopus" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
  • 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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