Echiodon drummondii

Thompson, 1837 · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Ophidiiformes/Carapidae/Echiodon

At a glance

Occurrence records1 115

Data sources10

Biological traits7

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections1

Sources10 archives

Databases and archives Echiodon drummondii's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility172 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System943 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page5 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources7 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS1 115 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

Echiodon drummondii, sometimes called Drummond's echiodon or Drummond's pearlfish, and in Ireland simply called the pearlfish, is a species of fish in the family Carapidae (pearlfish). It is named for James Lawson Drummond, who collected the holotype at Carnlough, Ireland in 1836.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesFishBase

Size & morphology1

Body length30 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebathydemersal

Uses & economy1

Commercial importanceof no interest

Other traits3

Depth max403 m

Depth min52 m

Vulnerability20

05DNA & barcoding2 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Echiodon drummondii has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

BINs1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections1

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 115 records

Wild obs. + sensor234

Museum / vouchered193

Other688

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO2 348 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit655

200–1000 m twilight241

1–4 km midnight1

>4 km abyssal0

median 161.1 m · max 1 220 m · 897 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 3

3 georeferenced · 231 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor234

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy74% within 1 km

≤1 km 34≤10 km 6>10 km 6

46 georeferenced · 147 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence193

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions8 of 13 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Copenhagen, DK	85
ISTPM (Ifremer Nantes)location not on record	34
Zoologisches Museum Hamburglocation not on record	13
FishBaselocation not on record	10
South Kensington, GB	9
Cambridge, US	4
Bergen, NO	3
Frankfurt am Main	3
University Museum of Bergen, Natural History Collectionslocation not on record	1
Paris, FR	1
Norwegian Institute of Marine Researchlocation not on record	1
Stockholm, SE	1
Washington, US	1

13 institutions · 166 of 193 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Echiodon drummondii was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found1

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

Bottom

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median2.50 °C 2.50–2.50

Seasonal swing summer↔winter9.00 °C

Max temp (day)3.50 °C

Min temp (night)1.50 °C

Precipitation103 mm/mo

Air humidity58.1 %

Vapour deficit305 Pa

Cloud cover64.7 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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Echiodon drummondii

At a glance

Sources10 archives

Size & morphology1

Habitat & environment2

Uses & economy1

Other traits3

At a glance

Record type1 115 records

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions8 of 13 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type1 115 records