The triplespine deepwater cardinalfish (''Sphyraenops bairdianus'') is a
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
of
deepwater cardinalfish of probably cosmopolitan distribution at depths from . This species is the only known member of its
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
.
References
Epigonidae
Fish described in 1861
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