Epigonus (fish)
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| Epigonus denticulatus | |
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| Genus: | Epigonus Rafinesque, 1810
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| Epigonus macrophthalmus Rafinesque, 1810
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Oxyodon Brauer, 1906 | |
Epigonus is a genus of fish in the family Epigonidae. The genus is cosmopolitan in distribution.[1]
Species
There are currently 36 recognized species in this genus:
- Epigonus affinis Parin & Abramov, 1986 (Smooth-nose deepwater cardinalfish)
- Epigonus angustifrons Abramov & Manilo, 1987
- Epigonus atherinoides (C. H. Gilbert, 1905)
- Epigonus carbonarius Okamoto & Motomura, 2011 (Charcoal deepwater cardinalfish)
- Epigonus cavaticus H. Ida, Okamoto & Sakaue, 2007 (Palauan deepwater cardinalfish)
- Epigonus chilensis Okamoto, 2012
- Epigonus constanciae (Giglioli, 1880)
- Epigonus crassicaudus F. de Buen, 1959
- Epigonus ctenolepis Mochizuki & Shirakihara, 1983
- Epigonus denticulatus Dieuzeide, 1950 (Pencil deepwater cardinalfish)
- Epigonus devaneyi Gon, 1985
- Epigonus draco Okamoto, 2015 (Dragon deepwater cardinalfish) [2]
- Epigonus elegans Parin & Abramov, 1986
- Epigonus elongatus Parin & Abramov, 1986
- Epigonus exodon Okamoto & Motomura, 2012
- Epigonus fragilis (D. S. Jordan & E. K. Jordan, 1922)
- Epigonus glossodontus Gon, 1985
- Epigonus heracleus Parin & Abramov, 1986 (Hercules deepwater cardinalfish)
- Epigonus lenimen (Whitley, 1935) (Big-eyed deepwater cardinalfish)
- Epigonus lifouensis Okamoto & Motomura, 2013 (Loyalty deepwater cardinalfish) [3]
- Epigonus machaera Okamoto, 2012
- Epigonus macrops (A. B. Brauer, 1906) (Luminous deepwater cardinalfish)
- Epigonus marimonticolus Parin & Abramov, 1986
- Epigonus marisrubri Krupp, Zajonz & Khalaf, 2009 (Red Sea deepwater cardinalfish)
- Epigonus mayeri Okamoto, 2011 (Angolan deepwater cardinalfish)
- Epigonus notacanthus Parin & Abramov, 1986
- Epigonus occidentalis Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896 (Western deepwater 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 deepwater cardinalfish)
- Epigonus telescopus (A. Risso, 1810) (Black deepwater cardinalfish)
- Epigonus thai Prokofiev & Bussarawit, 2012
- Epigonus tuberculatus Okamoto & Motomura, 2013 (Keeling deepwater cardinalfish) [3]
- Epigonus waltersensis Parin & Abramov, 1986
References
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- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). Species of Epigonus in FishBase. October 2015 version.
- ^ Okamoto, M. (2015): Epigonus draco, a New Species of Deepwater Cardinalfish (Perciformes: Epigonidae) from the Western Pacific. Species Diversity, 20: 121–127.
- ^ a b 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.
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