A genus of small deep-sea fish that make up the family Epigonichthyidae.
Combining Greek 'epigonos' (imitator or inferior copy) with 'ichthys' (fish), this scientific name was given by taxonomists to describe this genus of oceanic fish discovered in deep waters.
When scientists discovered these mysterious deep-sea fish, they essentially called them 'fish imitators'—a brutally honest name reflecting how unfamiliar and unusual they appeared compared to better-known species.
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