taxonID	type	description	language	source
4A5D42AC69A95F6D92768060BF675399.taxon	description	Figs 1, 2 b, c, d [New standard Japanese name: Horaanahisui-yasemutsu]	en	Sato, Mao, Ito, Shohei, Fujiwara, Yoshihiro, Koeda, Keita (2025): First northwestern Pacific records of the deep-sea cardinalfish Epigonus glossodontus (Teleostei, Epigonidae) from the Daito Islands, Japan. ZooKeys 1231: 1-10, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1231.136445
4A5D42AC69A95F6D92768060BF675399.taxon	description	Description. Meristic and proportional characters are shown in Table 1. Body moderately elongated, compressed, deepest at dorsal-fin origin; nape humped; dorsal and ventral profiles gently curved, slightly concave between first and second dorsal fins. First and second dorsal-fin origins above 5 th and 14 th lateral-line scales, respectively. Origin of anal fin below middle of second dorsal fin. Origin of pelvic fin at level of dorsal-fin origin; upper base of pectoral fin slightly anterior to point below dorsal-fin origin. Caudal fin deeply forked, with rounded lobes. Pectoral fin rounded, reaching vertical through anus. Respective distal margins of dorsal and anal fins slightly emarginated. Head triangular. Snout short, its tip rounded. Eye large, protruding. Pupil circular. Nostrils horizontally level with center of pupil; anterior nostril circular with a short rim directed anteriorly, midway between snout tip and anterior margin of orbit; posterior nostril a vertical slit laterally in front of eye. Mouth small, terminal. Maxillary mustache-like processes absent. Lower jaw slightly projecting; maxilla extending beyond vertical through center of pupil. Conical teeth in a line, decreasing in size posteriorly; upper jaw teeth apparent when mouth closed; two or three large conical teeth projecting anteriorly [not inclined in small specimens (NSMT-P 149550 and 149551 and URIL 1429)] on each side of mandibular symphysis, posteriorly adjacent to 3 – 6 mid-sized retrorse conical teeth. Mandibular symphysis sunken, toothless. Vomer spoon-shaped, with diamond-shaped head bearing small conical teeth in two (partly three) rows along midline. Palatine thin, with small conical teeth in two rows on entirety. Minute conical teeth scattered on endopterygoid. Tongue broad, with deeply-forked V-shaped teeth patch (opening rostrally) on posterior three-fourths. Posterior margin of preopercle smooth, membranous, covered by ctenoid scales. Opercle with weak ridge hidden under scales. Ribs absent on last abdominal vertebra. All rays of second dorsal and anal fins branched; last anal ray bifurcating at base. Two uppermost and lowermost pectoral fin rays unbranched. Third spine of first dorsal fin longest. Lateral line generally arched, highest below middle of first dorsal-fin base, anterior (rising) and posterior (lowering) portions straight; last pored lateral-line scale on end of hypural, followed by three or four pored scales and further three small tubular scales on caudal fin. Almost entire head and trunk scaled, except for around nostrils, upper and lower rips, and gular region; all scales ctenoid, these on snout smaller than others; predorsal scales reaching to snout, level with anterior nostrils; one scale row on cheek, encircling ventral and posterior margins of eye. Small cycloid scales covering second dorsal, anal, and caudal fins, except respective distal margins; basal one-third of pectoral fin scaled; pelvic fin without scales, except for base. Color — In life, head and body glossy bluish-green; all scales with black margins; ventral surface whitish. Dorsal, anal, pectoral, and caudal fin scaled areas bluish-green, respective distal margins black; scaleless part of pectoral fin translucent gray. Iris silver, dorsally bluish-green. Fresh specimens with head and body light coppery-brown, ventrum lighter. All scale posterior margins dark brown, resulting in mottled effect on fins; infraorbital and opercular regions pale bluish. First dorsal fin brown, spines pale bluish; cycloid scales edged with brown, with mottled pattern on scaled areas of second dorsal, anal, and caudal fins. Pelvic and pectoral fins translucent, with dense melanophores.	en	Sato, Mao, Ito, Shohei, Fujiwara, Yoshihiro, Koeda, Keita (2025): First northwestern Pacific records of the deep-sea cardinalfish Epigonus glossodontus (Teleostei, Epigonidae) from the Daito Islands, Japan. ZooKeys 1231: 1-10, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1231.136445
4A5D42AC69A95F6D92768060BF675399.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Currently known from Oahu and Molokai islands, Hawaii (Gon 1985; Okamoto and Motomura 2011), Kitadaito and Minamidaito islands in the Daito Islands, Japan, and Kita-Koho Seamount at Kyushu-Palau Ridge (this study).	en	Sato, Mao, Ito, Shohei, Fujiwara, Yoshihiro, Koeda, Keita (2025): First northwestern Pacific records of the deep-sea cardinalfish Epigonus glossodontus (Teleostei, Epigonidae) from the Daito Islands, Japan. ZooKeys 1231: 1-10, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1231.136445
