Echiodon
Echiodon | |
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Rendahl's messmate, E. rendahli | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Ophidiiformes |
Family: | Carapidae |
Subfamily: | Carapinae |
Genus: | Echiodon W. Thompson, 1837 |
Type species | |
Echiodon drummondii Thompson, 1837 |
Echiodon is a genus of pearlfishes, with these currently recognized species:
- 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
- Echiodon pukaki Markle & Olney, 1990
- Echiodon rendahli (Whitley, 1941) (Rendahl's messmate)
The name derives from Ancient Greek εχις (echis, "viper") and ὀδόν (odon, "tooth").
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