Family Epigonidae - Deepwater cardinalfishes
  Order
:
Epigonidae
  Class
:
Teleostei
No. in FishBase
:
Genera : 7 | Species : 46 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
:
Fresh : No | Brackish : Yes | Marine : Yes
  Division
:
Marine
  Aquarium
:
none
  First Fossil Record
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  Remark
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Distribution: Atlantic (incl. Mediterranean), Indian and Pacific Oceans. Differ from apogonids in having usually 25 vertebrae, more than six infraorbitals, rostral cartilage greatly enlarged, and soft dorsal and anal fins covered with scales. Maximum length of 58 cm reached in the deepwater genus Epigonus.
  Etymology
:
Latin, epigonium = born afterward, one of a succeeding generation ( Ref. 45335).
  Reproductive guild
:
nonguarders
  Typical activity level
:
  Main Ref.
:
  Coordinator
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  Deep Fin Classification
:
Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Acanthopterygii | Percomorphaceae | Eupercaria | | | Pempheriformes | | | Epigonidae

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[ e.g. 9948]
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[ e.g. cephalopods]


Species/Synonymy list for the family Epigonidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Epigonus telescopus (Risso, 1810)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
! Pomatomus telescopium Risso, 1810
synonymseniororiginal
Epigonus macrophthalmus Rafinesque, 1810
synonymjuniororiginal
Pomatomus cuvieri Cocco, 1829
synonymjuniororiginal
! Pomatomus cuvierii Cocco, 1829
synonymjuniororiginal
Epigonus constanciae (Giglioli, 1880)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Epigonus telescopus (non Risso, 1810)
misappliedmisappliednew
Epigonus pandionis (non Goode & Bean, 1881)
misappliedmisappliednew
Glossamia pandionis (non Goode & Bean, 1881)
misappliedmisappliednew
Epigonus pandionis (Goode & Bean, 1881)
acceptedseniornew
Apogon pandionis Goode & Bean, 1881
synonymseniororiginal
Glossamia pandionis (Goode & Bean, 1881)
synonymseniornew
Xystramia pandionis (Goode & Bean, 1881)
synonymseniornew
! Epigonus pandionus (Goode & Bean, 1881)
synonymseniornew
Epigonus telescopus (non Risso, 1810)
misappliedmisappliednew
Epigonus occidentalis Goode & Bean, 1896
acceptedseniororiginal
Epigonus atherinoides (Gilbert, 1905)
acceptedseniornew
Hynnodus atherinoides Gilbert, 1905
synonymseniororiginal
Hynnodus megalops Smith & Radcliffe, 1912
synonymjuniororiginal
Epigonus occidentalis (non Goode & Bean, 1896)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Epigonus macrops (Brauer, 1906)
acceptedseniornew
Oxyodon macrops Brauer, 1906
synonymseniororiginal
Epigonus merleni McCosker & Long, 1997
synonymjuniororiginal
Epigonus fragilis (Jordan & Jordan, 1922)
acceptedseniornew
Scepterias fragilis Jordan & Jordan, 1922
synonymseniororiginal
Epigonus robustus (Barnard, 1927)
acceptedseniornew
Parahynnodus robustus Barnard, 1927
synonymseniororiginal
Hynnodus robustus (Barnard, 1927)
synonymseniornew
Epigonus macrops Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924
synonymjuniororiginal
Epigonus lenimen (Whitley, 1935)
acceptedseniornew
Scepterias lenimen Whitley, 1935
synonymseniororiginal
Epigonus denticulatus Dieuzeide, 1950
acceptedseniororiginal
Pomatomus telescopus (non Risso, 1810)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Epigonus atherinoides (non Gilbert, 1905)
misappliedmisappliednew
Hynnodus atherinoides (non Gilbert, 1905)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Epigonus crassicaudus de Buen, 1959
acceptedseniororiginal
! Epigonus crassicaudatus de Buen, 1959
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Epigonus ctenolepis Mochizuki & Shirakihara, 1983
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Epigonus affinis Parin & Abramov, 1986
acceptedseniororiginal
Epigonus elegans Parin & Abramov, 1986
acceptedseniororiginal
Epigonus elongatus Parin & Abramov, 1986
acceptedseniororiginal
Epigonus heracleus Parin & Abramov, 1986
acceptedseniororiginal
Epigonus marimonticolus Parin & Abramov, 1986
acceptedseniororiginal
Epigonus notacanthus Parin & Abramov, 1986
acceptedseniororiginal
Epigonus waltersensis Parin & Abramov, 1986
acceptedseniororiginal
Epigonus angustifrons Abramov & Manilo, 1987
acceptedseniororiginal
Epigonus parini Abramov, 1987
acceptedseniororiginal
Epigonus cavaticus Ida, Okamoto & Sakaue, 2007
acceptedseniororiginal
Epigonus marisrubri Krupp, Zajonz & Khalaf, 2009
acceptedseniororiginal
Epigonus carbonarius Okamoto & Motomura, 2011
acceptedseniororiginal
Epigonus mayeri Okamoto, 2011
acceptedseniororiginal
Epigonus chilensis Okamoto, 2012
acceptedseniororiginal
Epigonus crassicaudus (non de Buen, 1959)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Epigonus exodon Okamoto & Motomura, 2012
acceptedseniororiginal
Epigonus machaera Okamoto, 2012
acceptedseniororiginal
Epigonus robustus (non Barnard, 1927)
misappliedmisappliednew
Epigonus thai Prokofiev & Bussarawit, 2012
acceptedseniororiginal
Epigonus trunovi Parin & Prokofiev, 2012
acceptedseniororiginal
Epigonus lifouensis Okamoto & Motomura, 2013
acceptedseniororiginal
Epigonus tuberculatus Okamoto & Motomura, 2013
acceptedseniororiginal
Epigonus draco Okamoto, 2015
acceptedseniororiginal
Epigonus okamotoi Fricke, 2017
acceptedseniororiginal
Epigonus indicus Idrees Babu & Akhilesh, 2020
acceptedseniororiginal
Microichthys coccoi Rüppell, 1852
acceptedseniororiginal
Microichthys sanzoi Sparta, 1950
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Scombrosphyraena oceanica Fourmanoir, 1970
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Florenciella lugubris Mead & De Falla, 1965
acceptedseniororiginal
Rosenblattia robusta Mead & De Falla, 1965
acceptedseniororiginal
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