Biology:Echiodon drummondii
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| Drawing from A History of the Fishes of the British Islands (1877) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Carapidae |
| Genus: | Echiodon |
| Species: | E. drummondii
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| Binomial name | |
| Echiodon drummondii (Thompson, 1837)
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Echiodon drummondii, sometimes called Drummond's echiodon or Drummond's pearlfish,[3] and in Ireland simply called the pearlfish,[4] is a species of fish in the family Carapidae (pearlfish).[5][6]
It is named for James Lawson Drummond, who collected the holotype at Carnlough, Ireland in 1836.[4][7]
Description
Echiodon drummondii is reddish in colour with a silvery abdomen, operculum and iris and dark markings on the head.[8] It has an eel-like body, up to 30 cm (1 ft) in length, making it among the largest of the family.[9] Its eyes are large, and lateral line is very faint.
Habitat
Echiodon drummondii is bathydemersal, living at depths of 52–403 m (171–1,322 ft) in the North Sea and the waters surrounding Great Britain and Ireland;[8] it has also been recorded off Iceland and the Azores.[10]
Behaviour
Echiodon drummondii can be free-living and feeds on small invertebrates, fish and bottom-dwellers.[8] It is also known to live inside sea cucumbers; the cucumber opens its anus to breathe in, and the pearlfish swims in.[11][4] Eggs have been discovered in the seabed off County Kerry.[12]
References
- ↑ "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18138815/132966644.
- ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Echiodon drummondii Thompson, 1837". https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126663.
- ↑ Hamilton, Robert (June 25, 1843). "The Natural History of British Fishes. Vol. I-[II ...."]. W.H. Lizars, ... S. Highley, ... London; and W. Curry, jun. and Company Dublin.. https://books.google.com/books?id=AHe-cIPupikC&dq=%22Drummond%27s+echiodon%22&pg=PA269.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Foster, John Wilson; Chesney, Helena C. G. (June 25, 1998). Nature in Ireland: A Scientific and Cultural History. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. ISBN 9780773518179. https://books.google.com/books?id=SG8sbdTzUdgC&dq=drummonds+pearlfish&pg=PA291.
- ↑ "Taxonomy browser (Echiodon drummondii)". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=1819258.
- ↑ Cohen, Daniel M.; Nielsen, Jørgen G. G.; Nielsen, Jørgen G. (June 25, 1978). "Guide to the Identification of Genera of the Fish Order Ophidiiformes with a Tentative Classification of the Order". Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. https://books.google.com/books?id=wefKE4J8O5QC&dq=%22Echiodon+drummondii%22&pg=PA9.
- ↑ "The Irish Naturalists' Journal". I.N.J. Committee.. June 25, 1971. https://books.google.com/books?id=-iodAQAAIAAJ&q=+pearlfish.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Echiodon drummondii". https://www.fishbase.de/summary/Echiodon-drummondii.html.
- ↑ Nelson, Joseph S.; Grande, Terry C.; Wilson, Mark V. H. (March 16, 2016). Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781119220817. https://books.google.com/books?id=kLDDCwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Echiodon+drummondii%22&pg=PA317.
- ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Echiodon drummondii Thompson, 1837". https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126663#distributions.
- ↑ "Pearlfish from a Sea Cucumber | Smithsonian Ocean". https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/fish/pearlfish-sea-cucumber.
- ↑ Kennedy, M.; Champ, T. (June 25, 1971). Occurrence [sic of Eggs of Echiodon drummondi Thompson on the Coast of County Kerry]. https://oar.marine.ie/handle/10793/310.
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