''Epigonichthys'' is a genus of
lancelets
The lancelets ( or ), also known as amphioxi (singular: amphioxus ), consist of some 30 to 35 species of "fish-like" benthic filter feeding chordates in the order Amphioxiformes. They are the modern representatives of the subphylum Cephalochord ...
belonging to the family
Branchiostomatidae
Branchiostomatidae is a family of lancelets
The lancelets ( or ), also known as amphioxi (singular: amphioxus ), consist of some 30 to 35 species of "fish-like" benthic filter feeding chordates in the order Amphioxiformes. They are the modern ...
.
The genus was first described in 1876 by
Wilhelm Peters
Wilhelm Karl Hartwich (or Hartwig) Peters (22 April 1815 in Koldenbüttel – 20 April 1883) was a German natural history, naturalist and explorer.
He was assistant to the anatomist Johannes Peter Müller and later became curator of the Natural ...
.
[Peters, W. 1876. Über ''Epigonichthys cultellus'', eine neue Gattung und Art der Leptocardii. ''Monatsberichte der Deutschen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin'' 1875: 322-326 22] The type species is ''
Epigonichthys cultellus.''
The species of this genus are found in Central America,
Malesia
Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms, and also a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical Kingdom. It has been given different definitions. The ...
, Australia.
Species:
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Epigonichthys australis''
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Epigonichthys bassanus''
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Epigonichthys cingalensis''
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Epigonichthys cultellus''
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Epigonichthys hectori''
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Epigonichthys maldivensis''
References
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Cephalochordata
Animals described in 1876
Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters