The robust cardinalfish (''Epigonus robustus'') 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 around the world in southern temperate waters at depths of from . It can reach a length of TL. It is a vigorous fish which, apart from the second dorsal fin exhibiting a longer spine, resembles the

big-eyed cardinalfish The big-eyed cardinalfish or bigeye cardinalfish (''Epigonus lenimen'') 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 ...

References

* Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand'', (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) Epigonidae Fish described in 1927 Taxa named by Keppel Harcourt Barnard {{Perciformes-stub