Rendahl's messmate | |
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Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Ophidiiformes |
Family: | Carapidae |
Subfamily: | Carapinae |
Genus: | Echiodon |
Species: | E. rendahli |
Binomial name | |
Echiodon rendahli (Whitley, 1941) |
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.