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Carapidae (Pearlfishes) > Carapinae
Etymology: Echiodon: Greek, echieys, eos = a little viper + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335); rendahli: Named for H. Rendahl.
Eponymy: Dr Carl Hialmar Rendahl (1891–1969) was a Swedish herpetologist, ichthyologist and artist at Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm (1912–1958), where he also was Professor of Natural History (1933–1958), retiring as Professor Emeritus. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Whitley.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range
पारिस्थितिकी
समुद्री ड़िमरसल; गहराई सीमा 0 - 60 m (Ref. 5275). Temperate
Southwest Pacific: Australia and New Zealand (Ref. 5755).
आकार / वज़न / Age
परिपक्व अवधि: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.0 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 6347); 9.3 cm TL (female)
Eel-like, shallow body depth; 1 to several symphyseal fangs on dentary and premaxilla; lacking cardiform teeth, pelvic fins, and swim bladder rocker bone; a patch of ridges posteriorly on the ventral surface of the swim bladder (Ref. 34024). Vexillum absent in adults (Ref. 34024).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
Uncommon species (Ref. 34024). Benthic species (Ref. 75154) found over soft bottoms of the continental shelf (Ref. 7300, 75154). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 57178.
Life cycle and mating behavior
परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | अंडे | Fecundity | लार्वा
Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins, 1999. Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(18):178p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 34024)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (संदर्भ
123201): 16 - 23.1, mean 18.1 °C (based on 40 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (संदर्भ
82804): PD
50 = 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 (संदर्भ
69278): 3.5 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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