Epigonus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Epigonidae found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. The genus was erected by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1810.
Species There are currently 37 recognized species in this genus: Epigonus affinis Parin & Abramov, 1986 (smooth-nose deep-water cardinalfish) 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. Epigonus angustifrons Abramov & Manilo, 1987 Epigonus atherinoides (C. H. Gilbert, 1905) Epigonus carbonarius Okamoto & Motomura, 2011 (charcoal deep-water cardinalfish) 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. Epigonus cavaticus H. Ida, Okamoto & Sakaue, 2007 (Palauan deep-water cardinalfish) Epigonus chilensis Okamoto, 2012 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. Epigonus constanciae (Giglioli, 1880) Epigonus crassicaudus F. de Buen, 1959 Epigonus ctenolepis Mochizuki & Shirakihara, 1983 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. Epigonus denticulatus Dieuzeide, 1950 (pencil deep-water cardinalfish) Epigonus devaneyi Gon, 1985 Epigonus draco Okamoto, 2015 (dragon deep-water cardinalfish) Okamoto, M. (2015): Epigonus draco, a New Species of Deepwater Cardinalfish (Perciformes: Epigonidae) from the Western Pacific. Species Diversity, 20 (2): 121–127. Epigonus elegans Parin & Abramov, 1986 Epigonus elongatus Parin & Abramov, 1986 Epigonus exodon Okamoto & Motomura, 2012 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. Epigonus fragilis (D. S. Jordan & E. K. Jordan, 1922) Epigonus glossodontus Gon, 1985 Epigonus heracleus Parin & Abramov, 1986 (Hercules deep-water cardinalfish) Epigonus indicus IDREES BABU & AKHILESH 2020IDREES BABU, K.K., & AKHILESH, K.V. (2020). Epigonus indicus, a new species of deepwater cardinalfish (Perciformes: Epigonidae) from the Indian Ocean. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 36, 20–27. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4243312 Epigonus lenimen (Whitley, 1935) (big-eyed deep-water cardinalfish) Epigonus lifouensis Okamoto & Motomura, 2013 (Loyalty deep-water cardinalfish) 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. Epigonus machaera Okamoto, 2012 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) 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. Epigonus megalops (H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) 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. 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 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. Epigonus tuberculatus Okamoto & Motomura, 2013 (Keeling deep-water cardinalfish) Epigonus waltersensis Parin & Abramov, 1986
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