Species that contain: Epigonus and macrops [ 3 ] records

macrops, Epigonus Gilchrist [J. D. F.] & von Bonde [C.] 1924:14, Pl. 1 (fig. 3) [Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa v. 3 (no. 7) (1922); ref. 1649] Southwestern Cape, South Africa, Pickle stations 344 and 347, depths 510 and 670 fathoms. Syntypes: (2) SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 669 (1). Type information: Winterbottom 1974:7 [ref. 19544]. Subjectively invalid; secondarily preoccupied in Epigonus by Oxyodon macrops Brauer 1906. •Synonym of Epigonus robustus (Barnard 1927) -- (Mayer 1974:189 [ref. 6007], Gomon et al. 1994:565 [ref. 22532]). 2°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Epigonus robustus (Barnard 1927). Epigonidae. Habitat: marine.

macrops, Oxyodon Brauer [A.] 1906:288, Fig. 172 [Die Tiefsee-Fische v. 15; ref. 632] West coast of Sumatra, 3°22'01"S, 101°11'05"E, Valdivia station 186, Indonesia. Syntypes: (2) ZMB 17678 (1). •Valid as Epigonus macrops (Brauer 1906) -- (Mayer 1974:159 [ref. 6007], Fujii in Uyeno et al. 1983:323 [ref. 14275], Paxton et al. 1989:553 [ref. 12442], Abramov 1992:20 [ref. 21251], McCosker & Long 1997:127 [ref. 22828], Gon 1999:2613 [ref. 24835], Gon in Randall & Lim 2000:614 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:32 [ref. 25847], Gon 2003:1394 [ref. 27085], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:238 [ref. 28815], Hoese et al. 2006:1114 [ref. 29082], Parin et al. 2012:241 [ref. 31975], Okamoto et al. 2012:123 [ref. 32293], Okamoto & Nakayama 2016:79 [ref. 34508], Okamoto & Gon 2018:277 [ref. 35958], Idrees Babu & Akhilesh 2020:26 [ref. 37870], Klautau et al. 2020:9 [ref. 37903], Gon 2022:225 [ref. 39753]). Current status: Valid as Epigonus macrops (Brauer 1906). Epigonidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate oceans; in eastern Pacific recorded off Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.

merleni, Epigonus McCosker [J. E.] & Long [D. J.] 1997:126, Figs. 1-3 [Ichthyological Research v. 44 (no. 2); ref. 22828] Off Cabo Hammond, Isla Fernandina (00°28'S, 91°37'W), Galápagos Islands (floating on surface). Holotype (unique): CAS 86581. •Valid as Epigonus merleni McCosker & Long 1997 -- (Prokofiev 2006:5 [ref. 28960], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:191 [ref. 30957]). •Synonym of Epigonus macrops (Brauer 1906) -- (Okamoto et al. 2012:123 [ref. 32293], Okamoto & Gon 2018:277 [ref. 35958]). Current status: Synonym of Epigonus macrops (Brauer 1906). Epigonidae. Habitat: marine.