Epigonidae

Deepwater cardinalfishes

50 species

1. 1Brephostoma carpenteri Alcock, 1889ocean · deep-water
2. 2Brinkmannella elongata Parr, 1933ocean · deep-water
3. 3Epigonus affinis Parin & Abramov, 1986 · Smooth-nose deepwater cardinalfishocean · deep-water
4. 4Epigonus angustifrons Abramov & Manilo, 1987 · Amber deepwater cardinalfishocean · deep-water
5. 5Epigonus atherinoides (Gilbert, 1905)ocean · deep-water
6. 6Epigonus bispinosus Okamoto & Gon, 2018 · Two-spined deepwater cardinalfishocean · tropical
7. 7Epigonus carbonarius Okamoto & Motomura, 2011 · Charcoal deepwater cardinalfishocean · tropical
8. 8Epigonus cavaticus Ida, Okamoto & Sakaue, 2007 · Palauan deepwater cardinalfishocean · tropical
9. 9Epigonus chilensis Okamoto, 2012ocean · deep-water
10. 10Epigonus constanciae (Giglioli, 1880)ocean · deep-water
11. 11Epigonus crassicaudus de Buen, 1959ocean · deep-water
12. 12Epigonus ctenolepis Mochizuki & Shirakihara, 1983ocean · deep-water
13. 13Epigonus denticulatus Dieuzeide, 1950 · Pencil cardinalocean · deep-water
14. 14Epigonus devaneyi Gon, 1985ocean · deep-water
15. 15Epigonus draco Okamoto, 2015 · Dragon deepwater cardinalfishocean · deep-water
16. 16Epigonus elegans Parin & Abramov, 1986ocean · deep-water
17. 17Epigonus elongatus Parin & Abramov, 1986ocean · deep-water
18. 18Epigonus exodon Okamoto & Motomura, 2012ocean · deep-water
19. 19Epigonus fragilis (Jordan & Jordan, 1922)ocean · tropical
20. 20Epigonus gemma Okamoto, Baldwin & Long, 2024ocean · tropical
21. 21Epigonus glossodontus Gon, 1985ocean · deep-water
22. 22Epigonus heracleus Parin & Abramov, 1986ocean · deep-water
23. 23Epigonus hexacanthus Okamoto, Baldwin & Long, 2024ocean · tropical
24. 24Epigonus idai Okamoto & Gon, 2018 · Ida’s deepwater cardinalfishocean · tropical
25. 25Epigonus indicus Idrees Babu & Akhilesh, 2020 · Indian deepwater cardinalfishocean · tropical
26. 26Epigonus lenimen (Whitley, 1935) · Big-eyed cardinalfishocean · deep-water
27. 27Epigonus lifouensis Okamoto & Motomura, 2013 · Loyalty deepwater cardinalfishocean · tropical
28. 28Epigonus machaera Okamoto, 2012ocean · deep-water
29. 29Epigonus macrops (Brauer, 1906) · Luminous deepsea cardinalfishbrackish · ocean · deep-water
30. 30Epigonus marimonticolus Parin & Abramov, 1986ocean · deep-water
31. 31Epigonus marisrubri Krupp, Zajonz & Khalaf, 2009ocean · tropical
32. 32Epigonus mayeri Okamoto, 2011 · Angolan deepwater cardinalfishocean · tropical
33. 33Epigonus notacanthus Parin & Abramov, 1986ocean · deep-water
34. 34Epigonus occidentalis Goode & Bean, 1896 · Western deepsea cardinalfishocean · deep-water
35. 35Epigonus okamotoi Fricke, 2017 · Okamoto's deepwater cardinalfishocean · tropical
36. 36Epigonus oligolepis Mayer, 1974ocean · deep-water
37. 37Epigonus pandionis (Goode & Bean, 1881) · Bigeyeocean · deep-water
38. 38Epigonus parini Abramov, 1987ocean · deep-water
39. 39Epigonus pectinifer Mayer, 1974ocean · deep-water
40. 40Epigonus robustus (Barnard, 1927) · Robust cardinalfishocean · deep-water
41. 41Epigonus telescopus (Risso, 1810) · Black cardinal fishocean · deep-water
42. 42Epigonus thai Prokofiev & Bussarawit, 2012ocean · tropical
43. 43Epigonus tuberculatus Okamoto & Motomura, 2013 · Keeling deepwater cardinalfishocean · tropical
44. 44Epigonus waltersensis Parin & Abramov, 1986ocean · deep-water
45. 45Epigonus zonatus Okamoto, Long, Claro & McCosker, 2025ocean · tropical · newer than the 2023 backbone
46. 46Florenciella lugubris Mead & De Falla, 1965ocean · deep-water
47. 47Microichthys coccoi Rüppell, 1852ocean · subtropical
48. 48Microichthys sanzoi Sparta, 1950ocean · subtropical
49. 49Rosenblattia robusta Mead & De Falla, 1965 · Stout cardinalfishocean · deep-water
50. 50Sphyraenops bairdianus Poey, 1861 · Triplespine deepwater cardinalfishocean · deep-water

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.