Deepwater cardinalfish

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).
  • 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 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
  • Rosenblattia robusta Mead & De Falla, 1965.
• Genus Sphyraenops
  • Sphyraenops bairdianus Poey, 1861.

Timeline

References

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Epigonidae" in FishBase. February 2006 version.

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. 

• Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2011-05-19.