Echiodon

Echiodon
Rendahl's messmate, E. rendahli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Ophidiiformes
Family:	Carapidae
Subfamily:	Carapinae
Genus:	Echiodon W. Thompson, 1837
Type species
Echiodon drummondii Thompson, 1837 [1]

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

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Echiodon". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 8 July 2018.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Echiodon". FishBase . June 2012 version.
3. 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.
4. "Echiodon drummondii". www.fishbase.de.