Echiodon coheni

Overview

[ Back to top ]

Family : Pearlfishes ; Rare species (Ref. 34024).

Common Names

[ Back to top ]

Click on the language to view common names.

Common Names in Japanese:

Kumano-Kakureuo

Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:

科氏底潛魚

Description

[ Back to top ]

Family Carapidae

Distribution: tropical and subtropical Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Dorsal fin rays shorter than opposite anal rays. Anus of adults and origin of anal fin located behind head and usually under pectoral fin, under vertebrae 1 - 13. Translucent eel-like fishes without scales . Wide gill openings, reaching far forward. Vomerine, palatine and jaw teeth present. No opercular spines. Branchiostegal rays 6-7. No supramaxillary . Vertebrae about 85-145. Vexillum present in larvae. Eggs are pelagic , oval , and slightly over 1 mm in the longest dimension (Ref. 240). Pearlfishes are free-living (Echiodon), commensal (Carapus, Onuxodon), or parasitic (Encheliophis, = Jordanicus), living in association with shallow-water invertebrate hosts (holothurians , bivalves , starfishes), largely in coral-dominated communities. Family members occur in shelf and slope waters of 0-2,000 m depth and range from about 65�N to 60�S.The family Carapidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) and the Order Ophidiiformes. It contains 7 genera and 31 species. It may be found in Marine environments and is primarily Marine. Members of this family are not used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is anguilliform .

Habitat

May be found at depths of 0 to 175 meters.

Biome: Saltwater . Demersal .

Taxonomy

[ Back to top ]

Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Osteichthyes () - Huxley, 1880 - Bony Fishes
        Class: Osteichthyes () - Huxley, 1880 - Bony Fishes
        Subclass: Actinopterygii () - Ray-Finned Fishes
        Infraclass: Actinopteri ()
        Cohort: Clupeocephala ()
        Superorder: Paracanthopterygii ()
        Order: Ophidiiformes () - Cusk Eels
        Family: Carapidae () - Pearlfishes
        Subfamily: Carapinae ()
        Genus: Echiodon () - (Whitley, 1941)
        Specific name: coheni - Williams, 1984
        Scientific name: - Echiodon coheni Williams, 1984

Unambiguous Synonyms

Echiodon anchipterus Williams, 1984

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 17-Feb-2000

Similar Species

[ Back to top ]

Members of the genus Echiodon

There are approximately 13 species in this genus:

E. anchipterus · E. atopus · E. coheni · E. cryomargarites (Messmate) · E. dawsoni (Chain Pearlfish) · E. dentatus (Fierasfer) · E. drummondii · E. exsilium (Nocturnal Pearlfish) · E. neotes · E. pegasus · E. pukaki · E. rendahli · E. rendhali

Bibliography

[ Back to top ]

Markle, D.F. and J.E. Olney (1990). Systematics of the pearlfishes (Pisces: Carapidae). Bull. Mar. Sci. 47(2):269-410.
Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins (1999). Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, Vol. 18. Rome, FAO, 178 p. 136 figs.
Williams, J.T. (1984). Studies on Echiodon (Pisces: Carapidae), with description of two new Indo-Pacific species. Copeia 1984(2):410-422.
Williams, J.T. and Y. Machida (1992). Echiodon anchipterus: a valid western Pacific species of the pearlfish family Carapidae with comments on Eurypleuron. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 38(4):367-373.

More Info

[ Back to top ]

Search for Pictures: images.google.com
Search for Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books

Notes

[ Back to top ]

Contributors

Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 8, 2006.
FishBase
FishBase 2006.
Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.
Williams, Jeffrey T. (from FishBase).

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2491911
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-139634 Fis-127130
Fishbase Species ID: 52417
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 82068
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 690446
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 109634