Echiodon anchipterus

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Echiodon anchipterus, the Closefin pearlfish, is a fish species described by Jeffrey T. Williams in 1984. [1] Echiodon anchipterus is part of the genus Echiodon and the subfamily Carapinae. [2] [3] No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life. [2]

Range

The Closefin pearlfish is found in the Northwest Pacific: Japan, the Western Central Pacific: Philippines, and the Southwest Pacific: Australia. [4]

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References

  1. 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.
  2. 1 2 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.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. FishBase. Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds), 2011-06-14
  4. "Echiodon anchipterus, Closefin pearlfish". fishbase.se. Retrieved 13 January 2021.