After Nelson, 1994, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]
<==o Epigonidae (Deepwater cardinalfishes) [N: 5/15] [FB: 6/32] |-- Brephostoma carpenteri Alcock, 1889 |?- Brinkmannella [not recognized by the Fishbase] |--o Epigonus [?Microichthys] [26] | |-- E. affinis Parin & Abramov, 1986 | |-- E. angustifrons Abramov & Manilo, 1987 | |-- E. atherinoides (Gilbert, 1905) | |-- E. constanciae (Giglioli, 1880) | |-- E. crassicaudus de Buen, 1959 | |-- E. ctenolepis Mochizuki & Shirakihara, 1983 | |-- E. denticulatus Dieuzeide, 1950 Pencil cardinal | |-- E. devaneyi Gon, 1985 | |-- E. elegans Parin & Abramov, 1986 | |-- E. elongatus Parin & Abramov, 1986 | |-- E. fragilis (Jordan & Jordan, 1922) | |-- E. glossodontus Gon, 1985 | |-- E. heracleus Parin & Abramov, 1986 | |-- E. lenimen (Whitley, 1935) Big-eyed cardinalfish | |-- E. macrops (Brauer, 1906) | |-- E. marimonticolus Parin & Abramov, 1986 | |-- E. merleni McCosker & Long, 1997 | |-- E. notacanthus Parin & Abramov, 1986 | |-- E. occidentalis Goode & Bean, 1896 | |-- E. oligolepis Mayer, 1974 | |-- E. pandionis (Goode & Bean, 1881) Bigeye | |-- E. parini Abramov, 1987 | |-- E. pectinifer Mayer, 1974 | |-- E. robustus (Barnard, 1927) Robust cardinalfish | |-- E. telescopus (Risso, 1810) Bulls-eye | `-- E. waltersensis Parin & Abramov, 1986 |-- Florenciella lugubris Mead & De Falla, 1965 |--o Microichthys [2] | |-- M. coccoi Rüppell, 1852 | `-- M. sanzoi Sparta, 1950 |-- Rosenblattia robusta Mead & De Falla, 1965 `-- Sphyraenops bairdianus Poey, 1861 [Scombrosphyraena]
Reference(s):
- Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds), 2001: FishBase.
–iNet: www.fishbase.org - Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
–John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1994, xx-600