right|thumb|Epigonus atherinoides right|thumb|Epigonus telescopus right|thumb|Epigonus robustus del golfo de México right|thumb|Epigonus lenimen right|thumb|Epigonus pandionis del golfo de México right|thumb|Epigonus telescopus right|thumb|Epigonus telescopus right|thumb|Epigonus occidentalis Epigonus es un género de peces perteneciente familia de los epigónidos.The Taxonomicon
Descripción Cuerpo alargado y fusiforme. No tenien dientes caninos. 7-8 espinas en la primera aleta dorsal y 1 espina y 9-10 radios en la segunda. Aleta anal con 2 espinas y 9 radios. Escamas grandes y dentadas, que recorren la parte basal de la aleta dorsal hasta la anal y caudal. La línea lateral sobre la aleta caudal.Marine Species Identification Portal
Reproducción No presentan evidència de incubación oral.
Hábitat Son peces que viven en el talud continental entre los 100-1.200 m de profundidad.
Especies Epigonus affinis Parin, N. V. & Abràmov, A. A., 1986. Materials for a revision of the genus Epigonus (Rafinesque) (Perciformes, Epigonidae): species from the submarine ridges of the southern East Pacific and preliminary review of the "Epigonus robustus species-group.". Trudy Instituta okeanologii im. P.P. Shirshova = Transactions of the P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology v. 121: 173-194. Epigonus angustifrons Abràmov, A. A. & Manilo. L. G., 1987. Epigonus angustifrons sp. n., a new cardinal fish (Perciformes, Apogonidae) from submarine mountain ridges in the subtropical zone of the Indian Ocean. Byulleten Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody Otdel Biologicheskii (Bulletin of the Moscow Society of Naturalists Biological Series) v. 92 (núm. 2): 45-48.Abràmov, A.A., 1991. Age and growth of two species of bigeyes, Epigonus angustifrons and Epigonus elegans, from the Indian and Pacific Oceans. J. Ichthyol. 31(2):125-131. Epigonus atherinoides Gilbert, C. H., 1905. II. The deep-sea fishes of the Hawaiian Islands. A: The aquatic resources of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 23 (pt 2) [for 1903]: 577-713, Pls. 66-101. Epigonus cavaticus Ida, H., M. Okamoto i J. Sakaue, 2007. Epigonus cavaticus (Teleostei: Perciformes), a new epigonid fish from Palau, western central Pacific. Ichth. Research 54(2):131-136. Epigonus constanciae Giglioli, E. H., 1880. Elenco dei mammiferi, degli uccelli e dei rettili ittiofagi appartenenti alla fauna italica e catalogo degli anfibi e dei pesci italiani. Florència. Fauna Italica: 1-55. Özaydin, O., S. Leblebici, E. Ulutürk i H. Filiz, 2007. First record of Epigonus constanciae (Giglioli, 1880), (deepwater cardinalfish) (Osteichthyes: Epigonidae), from Aegean Sea, Turkey. Acta Ichthyol. et Pisc. 37 (2):91-94. Epigonus crassicaudus de Buen, F., 1959. Notas preliminares sobre la fauna marina preabismal de Chile, con descripción de una familia de rayas, dos géneros y siete especies nuevos. Boletim do Museu Nacional d'Historia Natural, Santiago de Xile, Xile, v. 27 (núm. 3): 171-201.Gálvez, M. i H. Rebolledo, 2001. Length-composition and length-weight relationship in cardinalfish (Epigonus crassicaudus) of the central-southern area off Chile. Invest. Mar. 29(2):39-49. Epigonus ctenolepis Mochizuki, K. & Shirakihara, K., 1983. A new and a rare apogonid species of the genus Epigonus from Japan. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 30 (núm. 3): 199-207. Epigonus denticulatus Dieuzeide, R., 1950. Sur un Epigonus nouveau de la Méditerranée (Epigonus denticulatus nov. sp.). Bull. Trav. Publ. Sta. Aquic. Peche Castiglione (N. S.) v. 2: 87-105. Epigonus devaneyi Gon, O., 1985. Two new species of the deep-sea cardinalfish genus Epigonus (Perciformes, Apogonidae) from the Hawaiian Islands, with a key to the Hawaiian species. Pacific Science v. 39 (núm. 2): 221-229. Epigonus elegans Abràmov, A.A. i H.Y. Liskaya, 1989. On the feeding of Epigonus elegans in the region of the Nazca ridge. J. Ichthyol. 29(2):138-143. Epigonus elongatus Parin, N. V. & Abràmov, A. A., 1986. Two new species of benthopelagic fishes of the genus Epigonus (Apogonidae) from the western tropical part of the Indian Ocean. Byulleten Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody Otdel Biologicheskii (Bulletin of the Moscow Society of Naturalists Biological Series) v. 91 (núm. 3): 53-57. Epigonus fragilis Jordan, D. S. & Jordan, E. K., 1922. A list of the fishes of Hawaii, with notes and descriptions of new species. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 10 (núm. 1): 1-92, Pls. 1-4. Epigonus glossodontus Epigonus heracleus Epigonus lenimen Whitley, G. P., 1935. Studies in ichthyology. Núm. 9. Records of the Australian Museum v. 19 (núm. 4): 215-250, Pl. 18. Epigonus macrops Brauer, A., 1906. Die Tiefsee-Fische. I. Systematischer Teil. A: C. Chun. Wissenschaftl. Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition "Valdivia," 1898-1899. Jena. Die Tiefsee-Fische. I. Systematischer Teil. v. 15: 1-432, Pls. 1-18. Epigonus marimonticolus Parin, N. V. & Abràmov, A. A., 1986. Two new species of benthopelagic fishes of the genus Epigonus (Apogonidae) from the western tropical part of the Indian Ocean. Byulleten Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody Otdel Biologicheskii [Bulletin of the Moscow Society of Naturalists Biological Series] v. 91 (núm. 3): 53-57. Epigonus marisrubri Krupp, F., Zajonz, U. & Khalaf, M. A., 2009. A new species of the deepwater cardinalfish genus Epigonus (Perciformes: Epigonidae) from the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. aqua International Journal, 15 (4): 223-227. Epigonus merleni McCosker, J. E. & Long, D. J., 1997. A new species of the deepwater cardinalfish Epigonus (Perciformes: Epigonidae) from the Galápagos Islands. Ichthyological Research v. 44 (núm. 2): 125-129. Epigonus notacanthus Epigonus occidentalis Goode, G. B. & Bean, T. H., 1896. Oceanic ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas containing 417 figures. Special Bulletin U. S. National Museum Núm. 2: Text: i-xxxv + 1-26 + 1-553, Atlas: i-xxiii, 1-26, 123 pls. Epigonus oligolepis Mayer, G. F., 1974. A revision of the cardinalfish genus Epigonus (Perciformes, Apogonidae), with descriptions of two new species. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 146 (núm. 3): 147-203. Epigonus pandionis Goode, G. B. & Bean, T. H., 1881. Description of a new species of fish, Apogon pandionis, from the deep water off the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 4 (núm. 211): 160-161. Epigonus parini Abràmov, A. A., 1987. A new Epigonus species (Perciformes, Epigonidae) from the southern Pacific. Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 27 (núm. 6): 1010-1013. Epigonus pectinifer Epigonus robustus Barnard, K. H., 1927. Diagnoses of new genera and species of South African marine fishes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 20 (núm. 115): 66-79. Epigonus telescopus Risso, A., 1810. Ichthyologie de Nice, ou histoire naturelle des poissons du département des Alpes Maritimes. F. Schoell, Paris. Ichthyol. Niça: i-xxxvi + 1-388, Pls. 1-11. Dunn, M.R., 2009. Review and stock assessment of black cardinal fish (Epigonus telescopus) on the east coast of North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Fish. Assess. Rep. 2009/39. 55 p.Tracey, D.M., K. George i D.J. Gilbert, 2000. Estimation of age, growth, and mortality parameters of black cardinalfish (Epigonus telescopus) in QMA 2 (east coast North Island). New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Report 2000/27. Epigonus waltersensis BioLib AQUATAB Catalogue of Life Discover Life World Register of Marine Species FishBase
Referencias
Bibliografía Abràmov, A.A., 1992. Species composition and distribution of Epigonus (Epigonidae) in the world ocean. J. Ichthyol. 32(5):94-108. Mayer, G.F., 1974. A revision of the cardinalfish genus Epigonus (Perciformes, Apogonidae), with description of two new species. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 146(3):147-203.
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