Epigonus (fish)

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]

Epigonus
Epigiaonus denticulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Epigonidae
Genus: Epigonus
Rafinesque, 1810
Type species
Epigonus macrophthalmus
Rafinesque, 1810

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 lenimen (Whitley, 1935) (big-eyed deep-water cardinalfish)
  • Epigonus lifouensis Okamoto & Motomura, 2013 (Loyalty deep-water cardinalfish) [10]
  • 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 [11]
  • Epigonus tuberculatus Okamoto & Motomura, 2013 (Keeling deep-water cardinalfish) [10]
  • Epigonus waltersensis Parin & Abramov, 1986

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Epigonus in FishBase. October 2016 version.
  2. Okamoto, M., Motomura, H. & Asahida, T. (2011): Redescription of a Poorly Known Deepwater Cardinalfish, Epigonus affinis (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Epigonidae), and Comparison with Related Species. Species Diversity, 16 (3-4): 85-92.
  3. Okamoto, M. (2016): Validity of Epigonus megalops (Perciformes: Epigonidae), Redescription of E. atherinoides, and First Record of E. draco from the Central South Pacific. Species Diversity, 21 (2): 177-186.
  4. Okamoto, M. & Motomura, H. (2011): Epigonus carbonarius, a new species of deepwater cardinalfish (Perciformes: Epigonidae) from the Marquesas Islands, with a redefinition of the Epigonus oligolepis group. Ichthyological Research, 58 (2): 155–160.
  5. Okamoto, M. (2012): Two new species of the genus Epigonus (Perciformes: Epigonidae) from the South Pacific, with a definition of the Epigonus constanciae group. Ichthyological Research, 59 (3): 242–254.
  6. Okamoto, M. & Fukui, A. (2011): Redescription of a rare deepwater cardinalfish, Epigonus ctenolepis Mochizuki and Shirakihara 1983, and comparison with related species (Perciformes: Epigonidae). Ichthyological Research, 58 (4): 388–392.
  7. Okamoto, M. (2015): Epigonus draco, a New Species of Deepwater Cardinalfish (Perciformes: Epigonidae) from the Western Pacific. Species Diversity, 20 (2): 121–127.
  8. Okamoto, M. & Motomura, H. (2012): Epigonus exodon, a new species of deepwater cardinalfish (Teleostei: Perciformes: Epigonidae) from Réunion, western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 3453: 84–88.
  9. Okamoto, M. (2011): A new species of deepwater cardinalfish, Epigonus mayeri, from the eastern Central Atlantic, and redescription of Epigonus heracleus Parin and Abramov 1986 (Perciformes: Epigonidae). Ichthyological Research, 58 (2): 101–108.
  10. Okamoto, M. & Motomura, H. (2013): Two new species of deepwater cardinalfish from the Indo-Pacific, with a definition of the Epigonus pandionis group (Perciformes: Epigonidae). Ichthyological Research, 60 (4): 301–311.
  11. Parin, N.V., Prokofiev, A.M. & Bussarawit, S. (2012): Two new species of the genus Epigonus (Perciformes: Epigonidae) from the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Journal of Ichthyology, 52 (3): 239–243.
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