Epigonus (genus)

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Kingdom Animalia Order Perciformes Scientific name Epigonus Rank Genus		Phylum Chordata Family Epigonidae Higher classification Deepwater cardinalfish

Lower classifications Epigonus telescopus, Pencil cardinal, Robust cardinalfish, Big-eyed cardinalfish

Epigonus is a genus of fish in the family Epigonidae found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently 37 recognized species in this genus:

Epigonus affinis Parin & Abramov, 1986 (Smooth-nose deep-water cardinalfish)

Epigonus angustifrons Abramov & Manilo, 1987

Epigonus atherinoides (C. H. Gilbert, 1905)

Epigonus carbonarius Okamoto & Motomura, 2011 (Charcoal deep-water cardinalfish)

Epigonus cavaticus H. Ida, Okamoto & Sakaue, 2007 (Palauan deep-water 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 deep-water cardinalfish)

Epigonus devaneyi Gon, 1985

Epigonus draco Okamoto, 2015 (Dragon deep-water cardinalfish)

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 deep-water cardinalfish)

Epigonus lenimen (Whitley, 1935) (Big-eyed deep-water cardinalfish)

Epigonus lifouensis Okamoto & Motomura, 2013 (Loyalty deep-water cardinalfish)

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)

Epigonus megalops (H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)

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

Epigonus tuberculatus Okamoto & Motomura, 2013 (Keeling deep-water cardinalfish)

Epigonus waltersensis Parin & Abramov, 1986

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