Antigonia is a genus of boarfishes, the largest genus in its family. These are deep-water species, generally found at depths below . Various extinct species were once placed within Antigonia, but have since been removed to Eoantigonia and Proantigonia
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are: Antigonia aurorosea Parin & Borodulina, 1986 Antigonia capros R. T. Lowe, 1843 (deepbody boarfish) Antigonia combatia Berry & Rathjen, 1959 (shortspine boarfish) Antigonia emanuela Prokofiev, Psomadakis & Gon, 2020 (Emanuela's boarfish) Antigonia eos C. H. Gilbert, 1905 Antigonia hulleyi Parin & Borodulina, 2005 Antigonia indica Parin & Borodulina, 1986 Antigonia kenyae Parin & Borodulina, 2005 Antigonia malayana M. C. W. Weber, 1913 (Malayan deepsea boarfish) Antigonia ovalis Parin & Borodulina, 2006 Antigonia quiproqua Parin & Borodulina, 2006 Antigonia rhomboidea McCulloch, 1915 (rhomboidal boarfish) Antigonia rubicunda J. D. Ogilby, 1910 (rosy deepsea boarfish) Antigonia socotrae Parin & Borodulina, 2006 Antigonia undulata Parin & Borodulina, 2005 Antigonia xenolepis Parin & Borodulina, 1986
Taxonomy
The genus Antigonia was placed in subfamily Antigoniinae in Caproidae in Nelson's Fishes of the World, but is placed in family Antigoniidae in some recent treatments.