Echiodon

Echiodon
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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