Echiodon drummondii
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Echiodon drummondii, sometimes called Drummond's echiodon or Drummond's pearlfish,[3] and in Ireland simply called the pearlfish,[4] is a species of fish in the family Carapidae (pearlfish).[5][6]
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Echiodon drummondii | |
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Drawing from A History of the Fishes of the British Islands (1877) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Ophidiiformes |
Family: | Carapidae |
Genus: | Echiodon |
Species: | E. drummondii |
Binomial name | |
Echiodon drummondii (Thompson, 1837) | |
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It is named for James Lawson Drummond, who collected the holotype at Carnlough, Ireland in 1836.[4][7]