Deepwater cardinalfish

Deepwater cardinalfish
Deepwater cardinalfishes
Bigeye, Epigonus pandionis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Epigonidae
Genera

Brephostoma
Brinkmannella
Epigonus
Florenciella
Microichthys
Rosenblattia
Sphyraenops
See text for species.

Deepwater cardinalfishes are perciform fishes in the family Epigonidae.

They are small fishes: the largest species, Epigonus telescopes, reaches 75 cm in length, and most species grow to no more than 20 cm or so.

They are found in temperate and tropical oceans throughout the world. They are bathydemersal fishes (inhabiting deep waters close to the sea bed) and have been found at depths down to 3,000 m.

Species

There are 34 species in seven genera:

  • Genus Brephostoma
    • Brephostoma carpenteri Alcock, 1889.
  • Genus Brinkmannella
    • Brinkmannella elongata Parr, 1933.
  • Genus Epigonus
    • Epigonus affinis Parin & Abramov, 1986.
    • Epigonus angustifrons Abramov & Manilo, 1987.
    • Epigonus atherinoides (Gilbert, 1905).
    • Epigonus cavaticus Ida, Okamoto & Sakaue, 2007.[1]
    • Epigonus constanciae (Giglioli, 1880).
    • Epigonus crassicaudus de Buen, 1959.
    • Epigonus ctenolepis Mochizuki & Shirakihara, 1983.
    • Pencil cardinal, Epigonus denticulatus Dieuzeide, 1950.
    • Epigonus devaneyi Gon, 1985.
    • Epigonus elegans Parin & Abramov, 1986.
    • Epigonus elongatus (Parr, 1933).
    • Epigonus fragilis (Jordan & Jordan, 1922).
    • Epigonus glossodontus Gon, 1985.
    • Epigonus heracleus Parin & Abramov, 1986.
    • Big-eyed cardinalfish, Epigonus lenimen (Whitley, 1935).
      Big-eyed cardinalfish, Epigonus lenimen
    • Epigonus macrops (Brauer, 1906).
    • Epigonus marimonticolus Parin & Abramov, 1986.
    • Epigonus merleni McCosker & Long, 1997.
    • Epigonus notacanthus Parin & Abramov, 1986.
    • Epigonus occidentalis Goode & Bean, 1896.
      Epigonus occidentalis
    • Epigonus oligolepis Mayer, 1974.
    • Bigeye, Epigonus pandionis (Goode & Bean, 1881).
    • Epigonus parini Abramov, 1987.
    • Epigonus pectinifer Mayer, 1974.
    • Robust cardinalfish, Epigonus robustus (Mead & De Falla, 1965).
    • Bulls-eye, Epigonus telescopus (Risso, 1810).
    • Epigonus waltersensis Parin & Abramov, 1986.
  • Genus Florenciella
    • Florenciella lugubris Mead & De Falla, 1965.
  • Genus Microichthys
    • Microichthys coccoi Rüppell, 1852.
    • Microichthys sanzoi Sparta, 1950.
  • Genus Rosenblattia
  • Genus Sphyraenops
    • Sphyraenops bairdianus Poey, 1861.

Timeline


References

  1. ^ Ida, Okamoto & Sakaue (2007). "Epigonus cavaticus (Teleostei: Perciformes), a new epigonid fish from Palau, western Central Pacific". Ichthyological Research 54 (2): 131–136. doi:10.1007/s10228-006-0384-9. 

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