Echiodon

Echiodon is a genus of pearlfishes, with these currently recognized species:[2][3]

  • Echiodon anchipterus J. T. Williams, 1984 (closefin pearlfish)
  • Echiodon atopus M. E. Anderson, 2005
  • Echiodon coheni J. T. Williams, 1984
  • Echiodon cryomargarites Markle, J. T. Williams & Olney, 1983 (messmate)
  • Echiodon dawsoni J. T. Williams & Shipp, 1982 (Chain pearlfish)
  • Echiodon dentatus (G. Cuvier, 1829)
  • Echiodon drummondii W. Thompson, 1837
  • Echiodon exsilium Rosenblatt, 1961 (nocturnal pearlfish)
  • Echiodon neotes Markle & Olney, 1990
  • Echiodon pegasus Markle & Olney, 1990
  • Echiodon prionodon Parmentier, 2012[3]
  • Echiodon pukaki Markle & Olney, 1990
  • Echiodon rendahli (Whitley, 1941) (Rendahl's messmate)

Echiodon
Rendahl's messmate, E. rendahli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Carapidae
Subfamily: Carapinae
Genus: Echiodon
W. Thompson, 1837
Type species
Echiodon drummondii
Thompson, 1837[1]

References

  1. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Echiodon". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Echiodon in FishBase. June 2012 version.
  3. Parmentier, E. (2012): Echiodon prionodon, a new species of Carapidae (Pisces, Ophidiiformes) from New Zealand. European Journal of Taxonomy, 31: 1-8.


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