affinis, Epigonus Parin [N. V.] & Abramov [A. A.] 1986:180, Fig. 3 [Trudy Instituta Okeanologii Imeni P.P. Shirshova = Transactions of the P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology v. 121; ref. 6006] Eastern Atlantic, 3°02'S, 0°44'E, depth 300 meters over 2000 meters. Holotype: ZIN 47333. Paratypes: USNM 276948 (2), ZIN 47334 (10), ZMMU P-16678 (2). Type catalog: Vasil'eva et al. 2001:81 [ref. 25714]. •Valid as Epigonus affinis Parin & Abramov 1986 -- (Abramov 1992:23 [ref. 21251], Pakhorukov 1999:658 [ref. 24883], Prokofiev 2006:5 [ref. 28960], Okamoto 2011:107 [ref. 31268], Okamoto & Fukui 2011:390 [ref. 31623], Okamoto et al. 2011:86 [ref. 31686], Parin et al. 2012:241 [ref. 31975], Okamoto 2012:250 [ref. 32096], Okamoto & Aungtonya 2013:51 [ref. 33347], Okamoto 2015:125 [ref. 34091], Gon in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2432 [ref. 34618], Fricke 2017:119 [ref. 35535]). Current status: Valid as Epigonus affinis Parin & Abramov 1986. Epigonidae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Vavilov Ridge off Angola and eastern Central Atlantic. Habitat: marine.