Robust cardinalfish

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

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| taxon = Epigonus robustus

| authority = (Barnard, 1927)

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• Parahynnodus robustus Barnard, 1927
• Hynnodus robustus (Barnard, 1927)

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The robust cardinalfish (Epigonus robustus) is a species of deepwater cardinalfish found around the world in southern temperate waters at depths of from {{convert|500|to|3000|m|ft}}. It can reach a length of {{convert|22|cm|in}} TL.{{FishBase |genus= Epigonus|species= robustus| month = April | year = 2013}}

It is a vigorous fish which, apart from the second dorsal fin exhibiting a longer spine, resembles the big-eyed cardinalfish.