Species that contain: Epigonus and fragilis [ 1 ] records

fragilis, Scepterias Jordan [D. S.] & Jordan [E. K.] 1922:45, Pl. 2 (fig. 2) [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 10 (no. 1); ref. 2487] Honolulu market, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: FMNH 55204 [ex CM 3900]. Other material or paratypes: (3). Type catalog: Henn 1928:91 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:78 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Epigonus fragilis (Jordan & Jordan 1922) -- (Mayer 1974:169 [ref. 6007], Gon 1985:222 [ref. 8158], Abramov 1992:21 [ref. 21251], Mundy 2005:358 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:218 [ref. 30952], Okamoto & Motomura 2013:6 [ref. 32772], Okamoto 2019:80 [ref. 36850], Okamoto et al. 2020:2 [ref. 37432]). Current status: Valid as Epigonus fragilis (Jordan & Jordan 1922). Epigonidae. Distribution: Northwestern and central Pacific: Japan; Marcus Island, Johnston Atoll, Hawaiian Ridge and Hawaiian Islands. Habitat: marine.