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Echiodon anchipterus Williams, 1984

Closefin pearlfish
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Australia country information

Common names: Closefin pearlfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Sydney, New South Wales to south-east of Tasmania (Ref. 75154).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen, 2006
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Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Ophidiiformes (Cusk eels) > Carapidae (Pearlfishes) > Carapinae
Etymology: Echiodon: Greek, echieys, eos = a little viper + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 79 m (Ref. 5275).   Subtropical

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Point map | Introduzioni | Faunafri

Northwest Pacific: Japan. Western Central Pacific: Philippines (Ref. 10698). Southwest Pacific: Australia (Ref. 75154).

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.2 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 10698)

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Diagnosis: Pectoral fin rays 15 - 16; total nasal lamellae 22 (Ref. 10698).

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Found on the continental shelf and slope (Ref. 75154).

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Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

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. (Ref. 10698)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 15 August 2019

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 20.8 - 28.8, mean 27.5 (based on 308 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5001   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00102 (0.00046 - 0.00225), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.6   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).