Epigonus affinis

{{Short description|Species of ray-finned fish}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Carpenter, K.E., Smith-Vaniz, W.F., de Bruyne, G. & de Morais, L. |date=2015 |title=Epigonus affinis |volume=2015 |page=e.T60470376A60787570 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T60470376A60787570.en |access-date=21 December 2023}}

| taxon = Epigonus affinis

| authority = Parin & Abramov, 1986 Okamoto, M., Motomura, H. & Asahida, T. (2011): [http://jssz.sakura.ne.jp/spdiv/v16/abs/SD16030402.pdf Redescription of a Poorly Known Deepwater Cardinalfish, Epigonus affinis (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Epigonidae), and Comparison with Related Species.] Species Diversity, 16 (3-4): 85-92.

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Epigonus affinis, the smooth-nose deepwater cardinalfish, is a species of deepwater cardinalfish found in the eastern-central Atlantic Ocean. This fish occurs at depths of {{convert|300|m|ft|abbr=on}}.Abramov, A.A., 1992. Species composition and distribution of Epigonus (Epigonidae) in the world ocean. J. Ichthyol. 32(5):94-108.