Big-eyed cardinalfish

The big-eyed cardinalfish or bigeye cardinalfish (Epigonus lenimen) is a species of deepwater cardinalfish found in the southern Indian Ocean and southwestern Pacific Ocean from south of Madagascar to New Zealand. This fish occurs at depths from 530 to 820 m (1,740 to 2,690 ft). This species can reach 21 centimetres (8.3 in) in total length.^[1]

Big-eyed cardinalfish
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acropomatiformes
Family:	Epigonidae
Genus:	Epigonus
Species:	E. lenimen
Binomial name
Epigonus lenimen (Whitley, 1935)
Synonyms
Scepterias lenimen Whitley, 1935