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Echiodon dawsoni Williams & Shipp, 1982

Chain pearlfish
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Canada country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Larvae stray to the Scotian Shelf (Ref. 5951).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ca.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.ncr.dfo.ca/home_e.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott, 1988
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Ophidiiformes (Cusk eels) > Carapidae (Pearlfishes) > Carapinae
Etymology: Echiodon: Greek, echieys, eos = a little viper + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335);  dawsoni: Named for Charles E. Dawson (Ref. 6347).

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

marina bottenlevande; djupintervall 60 - 180 m (Ref. 10704).   Tropical

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Western Central Atlantic: northeastern Gulf of Mexico and the Straits of Florida. Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951).

Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.2 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 6347)

Short description Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri

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). 39-43 anal fin rays in front of vertical through back of 30th vertebrae; 11-12 anal fin rays in front of vertical through dorsal fin origin (Ref. 34024).

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Uncommon species (Ref. 34024).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproduktion | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larver

Main reference Upload your references | referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

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)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 21 August 2012

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): 2.4 - 25.3, mean 7.7 (based on 239 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).
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).