Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Epigonus macrops
Pez cardenal luminoso de aguas profundas, Luminous deepsea cardinalfish
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Acropomatiformes
Family
Epigonidae
Genus
Epigonus
Species
macrops
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Epigonus merleni McCosker & Long, 1997, Oxyodon macrops Brauer, 1906 (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Endemic
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Epigonus macrops", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20173. Accessed 5 November 2026.