heracleus, Epigonus Parin [N. V.] & Abramov [A. A.] 1986:183, Fig. 5 [Trudy Instituta Okeanologii Imeni P.P. Shirshova = Transactions of the P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology v. 121; ref. 6006] South Pacific, 43°35'S, 161°25'W, depth 650-670 meters. Holotype: ZIN 47626. Paratypes: ZIN 47627-28 (1, 9), 47652 (5); USNM 276947 (3); ZMMU P-16679 (13). Type catalog: Vasil'eva et al. 2001:81 [ref. 25714]. •Valid as Epigonus heracleus Parin & Abramov 1986 -- (Abramov 1992:23 [ref. 21251], Okamoto 2011:105 [ref. 31268], Okamoto & Fukui 2011:390 [ref. 31623], Parin et al. 2012:242 [ref. 31975], Okamoto et al. 2011:89 [ref. 31686], Okamoto 2012:250 [ref. 32096], Okamoto & Aungtonya 2013:51 [ref. 33347], Okamoto 2015:125 [ref. 34091], Fricke 2017:119 [ref. 35535]). Current status: Valid as Epigonus heracleus Parin & Abramov 1986. Epigonidae. Distribution: Seamounts and ridges in the southwestern Pacific (New Zealand area). Habitat: marine.