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Echiodon anchipterus Williams, 1984

Closefin pearlfish
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Japan country information

Common names: Kumano-kakureuo
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Collected off Owase, Pacific coast of southern Japan.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.maff.go.jp/eindex.html
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Williams, J.T. and Y. Machida, 1992
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > 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 Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 79 m (Ref. 5275).   Subtropical

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