Echiodon drummondii

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• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
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Overview

Family : Pearlfishes ; Common species. Free-living, fairly deep. Assumed to feed on small invertebrates and fish (Ref. 34024). Feed on small bottom animals (Ref. 35388).

Common Names

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Description

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 52 to 403 meters.

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -3,651 meters (0 to -11,978 feet).Mean = -323.240 meters (-1,060.499 feet), Standard Deviation = 724.570 based on 244 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Biome: Saltwater . Bathydemersal .

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Carapus dentatus (Cuvier, 1829)
2. Echiodon drummondi Thompson, 1837
3. Echiodon drummondii Thompson, 1837
4. Fierasfer dentatus (Cuvier, 1829)
5. Ophidium dentatum Cuvier, 1829

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 05-Mar-1999

Similar Species

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

• Jonsson, G. (1992). Islenskir fiskar. Fiolvi, Reykjavik, 568 pp.
• 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.
• Trott, L.B. and J.E. Olney (1986). Carapidae. p. 1172-1176. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 3.
• Williams, J.T. and R.L. Shipp (1982). A new species of the genus Echiodon (Pisces: Carapidae) from the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Copeia 1982(4):845-851.

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Notes

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 3 providers.
• Kottelat, Maurice (from FishBase).
• MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• GBIF-Sweden: Fishes (NRM)
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
• Senckenberg: Collection Pisces
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Marine Biological Association - Marine survey data (Professional) held by MarLIN.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2514144
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-62865
• Fishbase Species ID: 65
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13539097
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 165116
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 109638

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