Epigonus (genus)

Epigonus
Epigonus denticulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Epigonidae
Genus: Epigonus
Rafinesque, 1810
Type species
Epigonus macrophthalmus
Rafinesque, 1810
Synonyms

Oxyodon Brauer, 1906

Epigonus is a genus of fish in the family Epigonidae. The genus is cosmopolitan in distribution.[1]

Species

There are currently 36 recognized species in this genus:

References

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  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2015). Species of Epigonus in FishBase. October 2015 version.
  2. Okamoto, M. (2015): Epigonus draco, a New Species of Deepwater Cardinalfish (Perciformes: Epigonidae) from the Western Pacific. Species Diversity, 20: 121–127.
  3. 1 2 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.
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