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Echiodon

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Paracanthopterygii
Ordo: Ophidiiformes
Familia: Carapidae
Subfamilia: Carapinae
Genus: Echiodon
Species: E. anchipterus - E. atopus - E. coheni - E. cryomargarites - E. dawsoni - E. dentatus - E. drummondii - E. exsilium - E. neotes - E. pegasus - E. pukaki - E. rendahli

Name

Echiodon Thompson, 1837

Gender: masculine

Type species: Echiodon drummondii Thompson, 1837, by monotypy.

References

* Thompson, W. 1837. Notes relating to the natural history of Ireland, with a description of a new genus of fishes (Echiodon). Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London Part 5 (1837) (54): 52-63.
* Nielsen, J. G., D. M. Cohen, D. F. Markle, and C. R. Robins. 1999. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 18. Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearl-fishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis. No. 125.
* Echiodon Report on ITIS

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