| Scientific Name | Author | English Name |
|---|---|---|
| Brephostoma carpenteri | Alcock, 1889 | |
| Brinkmannella elongata | Parr, 1933 | |
| Epigonus occidentalis | Goode & Bean, 1896 | Western deepsea cardinalfish |
| Epigonus okamotoi | Fricke, 2017 | Okamoto’s deepwater cardinalfish |
| Epigonus oligolepis | Mayer, 1974 | |
| Epigonus pandionis | (Goode & Bean, 1881) | Bigeye |
| Epigonus parini | Abramov, 1987 | |
| Epigonus pectinifer | Mayer, 1974 | |
| Epigonus robustus | (Barnard, 1927) | Robust cardinalfish |
| Epigonus telescopus | (Risso, 1810) | Black cardinal fish |
| Epigonus thai | Prokofiev & Bussarawit, 2012 | |
| Epigonus trunovi | Parin & Prokofiev, 2012 | |
| Epigonus tuberculatus | Okamoto & Motomura, 2013 | Keeling deepwater cardinalfish |
| Epigonus waltersensis | Parin & Abramov, 1986 | |
| Epigonus affinis | Parin & Abramov, 1986 | Smooth-nose deepwater cardinalfish |
| Epigonus angustifrons | Abramov & Manilo, 1987 | |
| Epigonus atherinoides | (Gilbert, 1905) | |
| Epigonus carbonarius | Okamoto & Motomura, 2011 | Charcoal deepwater cardinalfish |
| Epigonus cavaticus | Ida, Okamoto & Sakaue, 2007 | Palauan deepwater cardinalfish |
| Epigonus chilensis | Okamoto, 2012 | |
| Epigonus constanciae | (Giglioli, 1880) | |
| Epigonus crassicaudus | de Buen, 1959 | |
| Epigonus ctenolepis | Mochizuki & Shirakihara, 1983 | |
| Epigonus denticulatus | Dieuzeide, 1950 | Pencil cardinal |
| Epigonus devaneyi | Gon, 1985 | |
| Epigonus draco | Okamoto, 2015 | Dragon deepwater cardinalfish |
| Epigonus elegans | Parin & Abramov, 1986 | |
| Epigonus elongatus | Parin & Abramov, 1986 | |
| Epigonus exodon | Okamoto & Motomura, 2012 | |
| Epigonus fragilis | (Jordan & Jordan, 1922) | |
| Epigonus glossodontus | Gon, 1985 | |
| Epigonus heracleus | Parin & Abramov, 1986 | |
| Epigonus indicus | Idrees Babu & Akhilesh, 2020 | Indian deepwater cardinalfish |
| Epigonus lenimen | (Whitley, 1935) | Big-eyed cardinalfish |
| Epigonus lifouensis | Okamoto & Motomura, 2013 | Loyalty deepwater cardinalfish |
| Epigonus machaera | Okamoto, 2012 | |
| Epigonus macrops | (Brauer, 1906) | Luminous deepsea cardinalfish |
| Epigonus marimonticolus | Parin & Abramov, 1986 | |
| Epigonus marisrubri | Krupp, Zajonz & Khalaf, 2009 | |
| Epigonus mayeri | Okamoto, 2011 | Angolan deepwater cardinalfish |
| Epigonus notacanthus | Parin & Abramov, 1986 | |
| Florenciella lugubris | Mead & De Falla, 1965 | |
| Microichthys coccoi | Rüppell, 1852 | |
| Microichthys sanzoi | Sparta, 1950 | |
| Rosenblattia robusta | Mead & De Falla, 1965 | Stout cardinalfish |
| Sphyraenops bairdianus | Poey, 1861 | Triplespine deepwater cardinalfish |