Echiodon dawsoni

Author
Williams & Shipp, 1982
Common Names
  • Chain Pearlfish

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Min Depth
76 meters
Max Depth
173 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Cape Cod to southern Brazil, Bermuda
Habitat-Biology
  • demersal
References

  • Markle, D. F., and J. E. Olney. 1990. Systematics of the pearlfishes (Pisces: Carapidae). Bulletin of Marine Science 47: 269–410.

  • McEachran, J. D., and J. D. Fechhelm. 1998. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Volume 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas. 1112 p.

  • Olney, J. E. 2002f. Carapidae. Pp. 963–964 in K. E. Carpenter, ed. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 2. Bony fishes part 1 (Acipenseridae to Grammatidae). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. FAO, Rome.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute. Since 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 11-14-2025.

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