Genus of fishes
Epigonus is a genus of fish in the family Epigonidae found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. The genus was erected by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1810.[1]
Species
There are currently 37 recognized species in this genus:
- Epigonus affinis Parin & Abramov, 1986 (smooth-nose deep-water cardinalfish) [2]
- Epigonus angustifrons Abramov & Manilo, 1987
- Epigonus atherinoides (C. H. Gilbert, 1905) [3]
- Epigonus carbonarius Okamoto & Motomura, 2011 (charcoal deep-water cardinalfish) [4]
- Epigonus cavaticus H. Ida, Okamoto & Sakaue, 2007 (Palauan deep-water cardinalfish)
- Epigonus chilensis Okamoto, 2012 [5]
- Epigonus constanciae (Giglioli, 1880)
- Epigonus crassicaudus F. de Buen, 1959
- Epigonus ctenolepis Mochizuki & Shirakihara, 1983 [6]
- Epigonus denticulatus Dieuzeide, 1950 (pencil deep-water cardinalfish)
- Epigonus devaneyi Gon, 1985
- Epigonus draco Okamoto, 2015 (dragon deep-water cardinalfish) [7]
- Epigonus elegans Parin & Abramov, 1986
- Epigonus elongatus Parin & Abramov, 1986
- Epigonus exodon Okamoto & Motomura, 2012 [8]
- Epigonus fragilis (D. S. Jordan & E. K. Jordan, 1922)
- Epigonus glossodontus Gon, 1985
- Epigonus heracleus Parin & Abramov, 1986 (Hercules deep-water cardinalfish) [9]
- Epigonus indicus IDREES BABU & AKHILESH 2020[10]
- Epigonus lenimen (Whitley, 1935) (big-eyed deep-water cardinalfish)
- Epigonus lifouensis Okamoto & Motomura, 2013 (Loyalty deep-water cardinalfish) [11]
- Epigonus machaera Okamoto, 2012 [5]
- Epigonus macrops (A. B. Brauer, 1906) (luminous deep-water cardinalfish)
- Epigonus marimonticolus Parin & Abramov, 1986
- Epigonus marisrubri Krupp, Zajonz & Khalaf, 2009 (Red Sea deep-water cardinalfish)
- Epigonus mayeri Okamoto, 2011 (Angolan deep-water cardinalfish) [9]
- Epigonus megalops (H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) [3]
- Epigonus notacanthus Parin & Abramov, 1986
- Epigonus occidentalis Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896 (western deep-water cardinalfish)
- Epigonus oligolepis G. F. Mayer, 1974
- Epigonus pandionis (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1881)
- Epigonus parini Abramov, 1987
- Epigonus pectinifer G. F. Mayer, 1974
- Epigonus robustus (Barnard, 1927) (robust deep-water cardinalfish)
- Epigonus telescopus (A. Risso, 1810) (black deep-water cardinalfish)
- Epigonus thai Prokofiev & Bussarawit, 2012 [12]
- Epigonus tuberculatus Okamoto & Motomura, 2013 (Keeling deep-water cardinalfish) [11]
- Epigonus waltersensis Parin & Abramov, 1986