First Records of Two Deepwater Cardinalfishes (Perciformes: Epigonidae), Epigonus lifouensis and E. pectinifer, from Indonesia, Eastern Indian Ocean

Abstract

Twelve specimens (131.5–180.7 mm in standard length: SL) of Epigonus lifouensis Okamoto and Motomura, 2013 (Perciformes: Epigonidae) were collected from off Sumatra, Indonesia. Also, a single specimen (67.1 mm SL) of E. pectinifer Mayer, 1974 was collected off Java, Indonesia. These Indonesian specimens represent the first records of both species from the eastern Indian Ocean.