Epigonus (fish)
Genus of ray-finned fishes
Epigonus 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]
Species
There are currently 37 recognized species in this genus:
Epigonus affinis Parin & Abramov , 1986[ 2] Epigonus angustifrons Abramov & Manilo , 1987Epigonus atherinoides (C. H. Gilbert , 1905) [ 3] Epigonus carbonarius Okamoto & Motomura , 2011[ 4] Epigonus cavaticus H. Ida , Okamoto & Sakaue , 2007Epigonus chilensis Okamoto , 2012[ 5] Epigonus constanciae (Giglioli , 1880) Epigonus crassicaudus F. de Buen , 1959Epigonus ctenolepis Mochizuki & Shirakihara , 1983[ 6] Epigonus denticulatus Dieuzeide , 1950Epigonus devaneyi Gon , 1985Epigonus draco Okamoto , 2015[ 7] Epigonus elegans Parin & Abramov , 1986Epigonus elongatus Parin & Abramov , 1986Epigonus exodon Okamoto & Motomura , 2012[ 8] Epigonus fragilis (D. S. Jordan & E. K. Jordan , 1922) Epigonus glossodontus Gon , 1985Epigonus heracleus Parin & Abramov , 1986[ 9] Epigonus indicus IDREES BABU & AKHILESH 2020 [ 10] Epigonus lenimen (Whitley , 1935) (big-eyed deep-water cardinalfish)Epigonus lifouensis Okamoto & Motomura , 2013[ 11] Epigonus machaera Okamoto , 2012[ 5] Epigonus macrops (A. B. Brauer , 1906) (luminous deep-water cardinalfish)Epigonus marimonticolus Parin & Abramov , 1986Epigonus marisrubri Krupp , Zajonz & Khalaf , 2009Epigonus mayeri Okamoto , 2011[ 9] Epigonus megalops (H. M. Smith & Radcliffe , 1912) [ 3] Epigonus notacanthus Parin & Abramov , 1986Epigonus occidentalis Goode & T. H. Bean , 1896Epigonus oligolepis G. F. Mayer , 1974Epigonus pandionis (Goode & T. H. Bean , 1881) Epigonus parini Abramov , 1987Epigonus pectinifer G. F. Mayer , 1974Epigonus 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[ 11] Epigonus waltersensis Parin & Abramov , 1986
References
^ Froese, Rainer ; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Epigonus " . FishBase ^ 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.
^ a b 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.
^ a b 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.
^ a b 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
^ 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.
^ 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.
