''Epigonus affinis'', the smooth-nose deepwater cardinalfish, is a species of

deepwater cardinalfish Epigonidae, the deepwater cardinalfishes, are a family of perciform fishes. The family includes about 43 species. They are small fishes: the largest, ''Epigonus telescopus'', reaches in length, and most grow to no more than or so. They are f ...

found in the eastern-central Atlantic Ocean. This fish occurs at depths of .

Size

This species reaches a length of .

Etymology

The fish name means related to, referring to the similarity with '' Epigonus elegans''

References

affinis ''Species affinis'' (commonly abbreviated to: ''sp.'', ''aff.'', or ''affin.'') is taxonomic terminology in zoology and botany. In open nomenclature it indicates that available material or evidence suggests that the proposed species is related t ...

Taxa named by Nikolai Vasilyevich Parin Taxa named by Alexei Alexandrovich Abramov Fish described in 1986 {{Perciformes-stub