Epigonus (fish)

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.^[1]

Epigonus
Epigiaonus denticulatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acropomatiformes
Family:	Epigonidae
Genus:	Epigonus Rafinesque, 1810
Type species
Epigonus macrophthalmus Rafinesque, 1810

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