occidentalis, Epigonus Goode [G. B.] & Bean [T. H.] 1896:233, Pl. 66 (fig. 236) [Special Bulletin U. S. National Museum No. 2; ref. 1848] Off Barbados, West Indies, depth 237 fathoms. Holotype (unique): MCZ 28032. •Valid as Epigonus occidentalis Goode & Bean 1896 -- (Mayer 1974:170 [ref. 6007], Mochizuki in Okamura et al. 1982:227, 377 [ref. 8256], Gon 1985:222 [ref. 8158], Pequeño 1989:60 [ref. 14125], Abramov 1992:22 [ref. 21251], Hutchins 2001:32 [ref. 25847], Gon 2003:1394 [ref. 27085], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:239 [ref. 28815], Hoese et al. 2006:1114 [ref. 29082], Okamoto 2011:107 [ref. 31268], Okamoto & Fukui 2011:390 [ref. 31623], Okamoto et al. 2011:89 [ref. 31686], Okamoto 2012:250 [ref. 32096], Okamoto & Aungtonya 2013:50 [ref. 33347], Okamoto 2015:125 [ref. 34091], Fricke 2017:119 [ref. 35535]). Current status: Valid as Epigonus occidentalis Goode & Bean 1896. Epigonidae. Distribution: Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.