Rendahl's messmate (Echiodon rendahli) is a pearlfish of the family Carapidae, found in the southwest Pacific Ocean around Australia and New Zealand at depths to 60 metres (200 ft).[3] Its length is between 10 and 12 centimetres (3.9 and 4.7 in).The larvae has a long filament on its head which bears some resemblance to a siphonophore. These fish live within sponges.[4] The specific name honours the Swedish naturalist and artist Hialmar Rendahl who collected the specimens in the Tasman Sea which were used by Gilbert Percy Whitley to describe this species.[5]
| Rendahl's messmate | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Carapidae |
| Genus: | Echiodon |
| Species: | E. rendahli
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| Binomial name | |
| Echiodon rendahli | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Carapus rendahli Whitley, 1941 | |
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Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
References
edit- ^ Ayling, Tony; Geoffrey J. Fox (1982). Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand. Auckland: William Collins Publishers Ltd. ISBN 0-00-216987-8.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Echiodon rendahli". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Echiodon rendahli". FishBase. March 2006 version.
- ^ "Messmate Fish, Echiodon rendahli (Whitley 1941)". Fishes of Australia. Museums Voctoria. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (21 March 2018). "Order OPHIDIIFORMES: Families CARAPIDAE and OPHIDIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
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