Species Epigonus macrops (Brauer, 1906)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Oxydon macrops Brauer, A. 1906. Die Tiefsee-Fische. 1. Systematischer Teil. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899 15(1): 1-432 figs 1-176 pls 1-18 [288].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB 17678, Indian Ocean off west coast of Sumatra.

 

Generic Combinations

• Epigonus macrops (Brauer, 1906). —
  Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [553]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

West of Point Quobba (24º28'S, 111º51'E) to north-west of Cape Leveque, WA (14º36´S, 121º21'E); tropical, Eastern Pacific-Atlantic-Indian.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

120–900 m.

 

General References

Gon, O. 1999. Family Epigonidae. pp. 2611-2613 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790. [2613]

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, Harvard 146(3): 147-203 figs 1-22 [159]

Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp.

Williams, A., Last, P.R., Gomon, M.F. & Paxton, J.R. 1996. Species composition and checklist of the demersal ichthyofauna of the continental slope off Western Australia (20–35º). Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 135-155 [153]

 

Common Name References

Gon, O. 1999. Family Epigonidae. pp. 2611-2613 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790. [2613] (FAO; CSIRO, FRDC & Seafood Services 2004. Standard Names of Australian Fish. November 2004. http://www.marine.csiro.au/caab/namelist.htm) (Luminous Deepwater Cardinalfish)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Luminous Deepsea Cardinalfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2015	EPIGONIDAE	13-Sep-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
15-Nov-2012		15-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED