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Validity of Epigonus megalops (Perciformes: Epigonidae), Redescription of E. atherinoides, and First Record of E. draco from the Central South Pacific
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Abstract
A deepwater cardinalfish, Hynnodus megalops Smith and Radcliffe in
Radcliffe, 1912
, originally described from four specimens from the Philippines, is redescribed as a valid species of Epigonus. Epigonus megalops is similar to E. atherinoides (
Gilbert, 1905
) but differs in having a relatively longer head and upper jaw, a relatively deeper caudal peduncle, and ctenoid scales on the lateral sides of the body. Epigonus atherinoides is redescribed based on the holotype, previously known specimens, and newly collected ones from the Society Islands and Western Australia. Additionally, two specimens of E. draco
Okamoto, 2015
collected from the Society Islands represent the first record of this species from the central South Pacific.
Received 25 5月 2016
Accepted 12 9月 2016
Acknowledgments:
I am grateful to M. McGrouther, A. Hay, and S. Reader (AMS), A. Suzumoto (BPBM), H. Endo and N. Nakayama (BSKU), D. Catania, T. Iwamoto, and H. Mysi (CAS), A. Graham (CSIRO), I. Aoki (FUMT), J. A. Seigel (LACM), P. Pruvost, R. Causse, and Z. Gabsi (MNHN), and J. Williams, D. Johnson, and E. Wilbur (USNM) for loans of comparative specimens. I also thank D. F. Hoese (AMS) and M. Gomon (Museum Victoria, Melbourne) for providing literature, M. V. Nazarkin (ZIN) for providing data of E. atherinoides from off Chile, and T. Iwamoto (CAS) for his critical reading of the manuscript.
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