''Echiodon'' is a
genus
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of
pearlfish
Pearlfish are marine fish in the ray-finned fish family Carapidae. Pearlfishes inhabit the tropical waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans at depths to , along oceanic shelves and slopes. They are slender, elongated fish with no sca ...
es, with these currently recognized species:
[
* '']Echiodon anchipterus
''Echiodon anchipterus'', the Closefin pearlfish, is a fish species described by Jeffrey T. Williams in 1984. ''Echiodon anchipterus'' is part of the genus Echiodon and the subfamily Carapinae
Carapinae is a subfamily of pearlfishes, of the fam ...
'' J. T. Williams, 1984 (closefin pearlfish)
* ''Echiodon atopus
''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
* ''Echi ...
'' M. E. Anderson, 2005
* ''Echiodon coheni
''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
* '' Ec ...
'' J. T. Williams, 1984
* ''Echiodon cryomargarites
''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
* '' Ech ...
'' Markle, J. T. Williams & Olney, 1983 (messmate)
* ''Echiodon dawsoni
''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
* '' ...
'' J. T. Williams & Shipp, 1982 (Chain pearlfish)
* ''Echiodon dentatus
''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
* '' E ...
'' (G. Cuvier
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, 1829)
* ''Echiodon drummondii
''Echiodon drummondii'', sometimes called Drummond's echiodon or Drummond's pearlfish, and in Ireland simply called the pearlfish, is a species of fish in the family Carapidae (pearlfish).
It is named for James Lawson Drummond, who collected th ...
'' W. Thompson, 1837
* ''Echiodon exsilium
''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
* ''Echi ...
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* Albert Rosenblatt (born 1936), New York Court of Appeals judge
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* Elie ...
, 1961 (nocturnal pearlfish)
* '' Echiodon neotes'' Markle & Olney, 1990
* ''Echiodon pegasus
''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
* '' ...
'' Markle & Olney, 1990
* ''Echiodon prionodon
''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
* ''Echi ...
'' Parmentier, 2012[Parmentier, E. (2012)]
''Echiodon prionodon'', a new species of Carapidae (Pisces, Ophidiiformes) from New Zealand.
''European Journal of Taxonomy, 31: 1-8.''
* ''Echiodon pukaki
''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
* '' ...
'' Markle & Olney, 1990
* ''Echiodon rendahli
Rendahl's messmate (''Echiodon rendahli'') is a pearlfish of the family Carapidae, found in the southwest Pacific Ocean around Australia and New Zealand at depths to . Its length is between .The larvae has a long filament on its head which bea ...
'' ( Whitley, 1941) (Rendahl's messmate)
The name derives from Ancient Greek
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εχις (''echis'', "viper
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") and ὀδόν (''odon'', "tooth
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").
References
Carapidae
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