| Epigonus | |
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| Epigiaonus denticulatus | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Actinopterygii | 
| Order: | Perciformes | 
| Family: | Epigonidae | 
| Genus: | Epigonus Rafinesque, 1810  | 
| Type species | |
| Epigonus macrophthalmus Rafinesque, 1810  | |
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
 
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Epigonus in FishBase. October 2016 version.
 - ↑ 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.
 - 1 2 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.
 - ↑ 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.
 - 1 2 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.
 - ↑ 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.
 - ↑ Okamoto, M. (2015): Epigonus draco, a New Species of Deepwater Cardinalfish (Perciformes: Epigonidae) from the Western Pacific. Species Diversity, 20 (2): 121–127.
 - ↑ 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.
 - 1 2 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.
 - ↑ IDREES 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
 - 1 2 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.
 - ↑ 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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