Epigonus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:64 Masc. Epigonus macrophthalmus Rafinesque 1810. Type by monotypy. Definition of the family Epigonidae follows Johnson 1984:469 [ref. 9681]. •Valid as Epigonus Rafinesque 1810 -- (Tortonese 1973:366 [ref. 7192], Mayer 1974:151 [ref. 6007], Mochizuki & Shirakihara 1983 [ref. 8302], Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:151 [ref. 6441], Parin & Abramov 1986 [ref. 6006], Gon 1985 [ref. 8158], Hureau in Whitehead et al. 1986:805 [ref. 13676], Gon 1986:558 [ref. 5657], Abramov 1987 [ref. 13520], Abramov & Manilo 1987 [ref. 9179], Paxton et al. 1989:553 [ref. 12442], Abramov 1992:17 [ref. 21251], Gomon et al. 1994:562 [ref. 22532], McCosker & Long 1997:125 [ref. 22828], Gon 1999:2612 [ref. 24835], Gon 2003:1393 [ref. 27085], Hoese et al. 2006:1114 [ref. 29082], Ida et al. 2007:131 [ref. 29159], Prokofiev 2007:715 [ref. 30241], Gomon 2008:562 [ref. 30616], Krupp et al. 2009:223 [ref. 30682], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:43 [ref. 36649], Okamoto 2011:101 [ref. 31268], Okamoto & Motomura 2011:155 [ref. 31269], Okamoto & Fukui 2011:388 [ref. 31623], Okamoto et al. 2011:85 [ref. 31686], Parin et al. 2012:239 [ref. 31975], Okamoto 2012:242 [ref. 32096], Okamoto & Motomura 2012:84 [ref. 32144], Okamoto et al. 2012:123 [ref. 32293], Ruiz-Pico et al. 2012:578 [ref. 32865], Okamoto & Motomura 2013:6 [ref. 32772], Okamoto & Aungtonya 2013:49 [ref. 33347], Stewart & Gon 2015:1221 [ref. 34199], Bañón et al. 2016:322 [ref. 34397], Okamoto & Nakayama 2016:79 [ref. 34508], Okamoto 2016:177 [ref. 34930], Fricke 2017:116 [ref. 35535], Fricke et al. 2018:176 [ref. 35805], Okamoto & Gon 2018:261 [ref. 35958], Golani & Fricke 2018:80 [ref. 36273], Okamoto 2018:243 [ref. 36338], Brown et al. 2019:175 [ref. 36444], Idrees Babu & Akhilesh 2020:20 [ref. 37870], Okamoto et al. 2024:1 [ref. 40860]). Current status: Valid as Epigonus Rafinesque 1810. Epigonidae.