''Echiodon anchipterus'', the Closefin pearlfish, is a fish species described by
Jeffrey T. Williams
Jeffery T. Williams is an American ichthyologist. He is primarily interested in the systematics, taxonomy, and zoogeography of marine fishes. He is the retired Collections Manager in the Division of Fishes at the National Museum of Natural History ...
in 1984.
''Echiodon anchipterus'' is part of the genus
Echiodon
''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 ...
and the subfamily
Carapinae
Carapinae is a subfamily of pearlfishes, of the family Carapidae. The subfamily consists of four genera:
*''Carapus'' Rafinesque, 1810
*''Echiodon'' Thompson, 1837
*''Encheliophis'' Müller, 1842
*''Onuxodon'' J.L.B. Smith
James Leonard B ...
.
No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life.
Range
The Closefin pearlfish is found in the Northwest Pacific: Japan, the Western Central Pacific: Philippines, and the Southwest Pacific: Australia.
References
[{{cite web, title=Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist., url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/search/all/key/echiodon+anchipterus/match/1, author=Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (red.), publisher=Species 2000: Reading, UK., date=2011, access-date=24 September 2012]
[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.]
[''FishBase''. Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds), 2011-06-14]
Carapidae