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Teleostei (teleosts) > Ophidiiformes (Cusk eels) > Carapidae (Pearlfishes) > Carapinae
Etymology: Echiodon: Greek, echieys, eos = a little viper + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335); atopus: From the Greek 'atopos' (= out of place) referring the original expectation that the specimen was Echiodon cryomargarites and its subsequent identification.

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Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - 139 m (Ref. 54849). Subtropical

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Southeastern Atlantic: collected off Inaccessible Island, Tristan da Cunha Group.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 54849)

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A species of Echiodon as defined by Markle and Olney (1990), with the following combination of characters: PCV 38; D30 46; A30 46; ARDO 7; P1 18; posterior swim bladder tunic ridges ventral.

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Anderson, M.E., 2005. Description of a new species of Echiodon (Teleostei: Carapidae) from the South Atlantic Ocean. Zootaxa 809:1-5. (Ref. 54849)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 09 October 2018

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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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).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.6 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (11 of 100).

Echiodon atopus Anderson, 2005