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 <small>Parin & Abramov, 1986</small> (smooth-nose deep-water cardinalfish)
- Epigonus angustifrons <small>Abramov & Manilo, 1987</small>
- Epigonus atherinoides <small>(C. H. Gilbert, 1905)</small>
- Epigonus carbonarius <small>Okamoto & Motomura, 2011</small> (charcoal deep-water cardinalfish)
- Epigonus cavaticus <small>H. Ida, Okamoto & Sakaue, 2007</small> (Palauan deep-water cardinalfish)
- Epigonus chilensis <small>Okamoto, 2012</small>
- Epigonus constanciae <small>(Giglioli, 1880)</small>
- Epigonus crassicaudus <small>F. de Buen, 1959</small>
- Epigonus ctenolepis <small>Mochizuki & Shirakihara, 1983</small>
- Epigonus denticulatus <small>Dieuzeide, 1950</small> (pencil deep-water cardinalfish)
- Epigonus devaneyi <small>Gon, 1985</small>
- Epigonus draco <small>Okamoto, 2015</small> (dragon deep-water cardinalfish)
- Epigonus elegans <small>Parin & Abramov, 1986</small>
- Epigonus elongatus <small>Parin & Abramov, 1986</small>
- Epigonus exodon <small>Okamoto & Motomura, 2012</small>
- Epigonus fragilis <small>(D. S. Jordan & E. K. Jordan, 1922)</small>
- Epigonus glossodontus <small>Gon, 1985</small>
- Epigonus heracleus <small>Parin & Abramov, 1986</small> (Hercules deep-water cardinalfish)
- Epigonus indicus <small>IDREES BABU & AKHILESH 2020</small>
- Epigonus lenimen <small>(Whitley, 1935)</small> (big-eyed deep-water cardinalfish)
- Epigonus lifouensis <small>Okamoto & Motomura, 2013</small> (Loyalty deep-water cardinalfish)
- Epigonus machaera <small>Okamoto, 2012</small>
- Epigonus macrops <small>(A. B. Brauer, 1906)</small> (luminous deep-water cardinalfish)
- Epigonus marimonticolus <small>Parin & Abramov, 1986</small>
- Epigonus marisrubri <small>Krupp, Zajonz & Khalaf, 2009</small> (Red Sea deep-water cardinalfish)
- Epigonus mayeri <small>Okamoto, 2011</small> (Angolan deep-water cardinalfish)
- Epigonus megalops <small>(H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)</small>
- Epigonus notacanthus <small>Parin & Abramov, 1986</small>
- Epigonus occidentalis <small>Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896</small> (western deep-water cardinalfish)
- Epigonus oligolepis <small>G. F. Mayer, 1974</small>
- Epigonus pandionis <small>(Goode & T. H. Bean, 1881)</small>
- Epigonus parini <small>Abramov, 1987</small>
- Epigonus pectinifer <small>G. F. Mayer, 1974</small>
- Epigonus robustus <small>(Barnard, 1927)</small> (robust deep-water cardinalfish)
- Epigonus telescopus <small>(A. Risso, 1810)</small> (black deep-water cardinalfish)
- Epigonus thai <small>Prokofiev & Bussarawit, 2012</small>
- Epigonus tuberculatus <small>Okamoto & Motomura, 2013</small> (Keeling deep-water cardinalfish)
- Epigonus waltersensis <small>Parin & Abramov, 1986</small>
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