Echiodon rendahli — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Ophidiiformes/Carapidae/Echiodon

At a glance

Occurrence records59

Data sources7

Biological traits7

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility23 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System36 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources7 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS59 records

01Narrative

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 m. Its length is between 10 and 12 cm.The larvae has a long filament on its head which bears some resemblance to a siphonophore. These fish live within sponges. 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. Juvenile Echiodon rendahli Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesFishBase

Size & morphology1

Body length12 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonedemersal

Uses & economy1

Commercial importanceof no interest

Other traits3

Depth max60 m

Depth min0 m

Vulnerability10

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type59 records

Wild obs. + sensor2

Museum / vouchered57

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO104 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit4

200–1000 m twilight2

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 194.5 m · max 750 m · 6 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 2

2 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor2

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 accuracy44% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 11≤10 km 12>10 km 3

27 georeferenced · 30 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence57

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 institutions3 of 8 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Museums Victorialocation not on record	9
Sydney, AU	6
Australian National Fish Collectionlocation not on record	2
FishBaselocation not on record	1
Washington, US	1
CSIRO, Australian National Fish Collectionlocation not on record	1
QVMAGlocation not on record	1
Copenhagen, DK	1

8 institutions · 22 of 57 vouchered records shown