Epigonus gemma

Epigonus gemma Okamoto, Baldwin & Long, 2024

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Acropomatiformes (Oceanic basses) > Epigonidae (Deepwater cardinalfishes)
Etymology: Epigonus: Greek, epi = over, in front + Greek, gonio = angle (Ref. 45335); gemma: Name from Latin meaning bud, referring to the enlarged conical teeth on each side of the symphysis of the lower jaw.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 156 - 309 m (Ref. 132290). Tropical

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Western Atlantic: Curaçao, southern Caribbean.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 132290)

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Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 10; Vertebrae: 25. This species is distinguished by the following characters: D VII-I, 9-10; pectoral-fn rays 16; total gill rakers 25-27; vertebrae 10 +15; pyloric caeca 8-9; pored lateral-line scales 43-44 + 5-6; absence of opercular spine, maxillary mustache-like processes, and ribs on last abdominal vertebra; tongue toothless; no endopterygoid teeth; with enlarged conical teeth on symphysis of lower jaw (Ref. 132290).
Cross section: compressed.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Common at Curaçao at depths near the lower limit of the Curasub (300 m), especially in caves and crevices along a near-vertical rock wall (Ref. 132290).

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Okamoto, M., C.C. Baldwin and D.J. Long, 2024. Two new species of the deepwater cardinalfsh genus Epigonus (Epigonidae) from deep reefs of Curaçao, southern Caribbean. Ichthyol. Res. 1-10. (Ref. 132290)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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