Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ophidiaria
Ordo: Ophidiiformes
Familia: Carapidae
Subfamilia: Carapinae
Genus: Echiodon
Species: E. anchipterus – E. atopus – E. coheni – E. cryomargarites – E. dawsoni – E. dentatus – E. drummondii – E. exsilium – E. neotes – E. pegasus – E. prionodon – E. pukaki – E. rendahli
Name
Echiodon Thompson, 1837
Gender: masculine
Type species: Echiodon drummondii William Thompson, 1837, by monotypy.
References
Thompson, W. 1837. Notes relating to the natural history of Ireland, with a description of a new genus of fishes (Echiodon). Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London Part 5 (1837) (54): 52–63.
Nielsen, J. G., D. M. Cohen, D. F. Markle, and C. R. Robins. 1999. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 18. Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearl-fishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis. No. 125.
Echiodon – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Echiodon is a genus of pearlfishes, with these currently recognized species:[2][3]
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[3]
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").[4]
References
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Echiodon". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Echiodon". FishBase. June 2012 version.
Parmentier, E. (2012): Echiodon prionodon, a new species of Carapidae (Pisces, Ophidiiformes) from New Zealand. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine European Journal of Taxonomy, 31: 1-8.
"Echiodon drummondii". www.fishbase.de.
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