. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. *? ^ *W. Neill & Co., Ltd. A Monograph of the Marine Fishes of South Africa. 523 Gen. Epigonus Raf. 1810. Rafinesque, Appendice, p. 64. 1895. Goode and Bean, Ocean. Ichth., p. 232. Body rather elongate, with moderate-sized, deciduous, cycloidscales. Villiform teeth on jaws, present or absent on vomer, palatines,and tongue, but typically present on vomer and palatine in without submarginal ridge, angle broadly with usually 2 feeble spines. Soft dorsal and anal short, thelatter with 2 s
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. *? ^ *W. Neill & Co., Ltd. A Monograph of the Marine Fishes of South Africa. 523 Gen. Epigonus Raf. 1810. Rafinesque, Appendice, p. 64. 1895. Goode and Bean, Ocean. Ichth., p. 232. Body rather elongate, with moderate-sized, deciduous, cycloidscales. Villiform teeth on jaws, present or absent on vomer, palatines,and tongue, but typically present on vomer and palatine in without submarginal ridge, angle broadly with usually 2 feeble spines. Soft dorsal and anal short, thelatter with 2 spines. Vent close in front of anal. A genus of Atlantic deep-sea fishes. Key to the South African species. 1. Depth 4f in length macrops. 2. Depth 3| in length telescopus. * Epigonus macrops G. and v. B. 1924. Gilchrist and von Bonde, Fish. Mar. Surv. Spec. Rep., vii,p. 14, pi. i, fig. 3. Depth 44, length of head about 3, in length of body. Eye 2J inlength of head, not quite twice length of snout. Maxilla extending tobelow anterior third of eye. No teeth on vomer or palatines.
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