''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 s ...
es, with these currently recognized species:
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* '' 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
''Echiodon'' is a genus of pearlfishes, with these currently recognized species:
* ''Echiodon anchipterus'' Jeffrey T. Williams, J. T. Williams, 1984 (closefin pearlfish)
* ''Echiodon atopus'' Michael Eric Anderson, M. E. Anderson, 2005
* ''Echio ...
'' ( 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[Parmentier, E. (2012)]
''Echiodon prionodon'', a new species of Carapidae (Pisces, Ophidiiformes) from New Zealand.
''European Journal of Taxonomy, 31: 1-8.''
* '' Echiodon pukaki'' Markle & Olney, 1990
* '' Echiodon rendahli'' ( 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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