Echiodon coheni Williams, 1984
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Echiodon coheni Williams, 1984
- Name authority
- Williams, 1984
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Ophidiiformes
- Family
- Carapidae
- Genus
- Echiodon
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderOphidiiformes
- familyCarapidae Poey, 1867
- subfamilyCarapinae Poey, 1867
- genusEchiodon Thompson, 1837
- speciesEchiodon coheni Williams, 1984
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Echiodon. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Echiodon anchipterus Williams, 1984 | CarapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echiodon atopus Anderson, 2005 | CarapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| chain pearlfishEchiodon dawsoni Williams & Shipp, 1982 | CarapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| nocturnal pearlfishEchiodon exsilium Rosenblatt, 1961 | CarapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echiodon prionodon Parmentier, 2012 | CarapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echiodon pukaki Markle & Olney, 1990 | CarapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echiodon rendahli (Whitley, 1941) | CarapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| pearlfishEchiodon drummondii Thompson, 1837 | CarapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echiodon praecursor (Schwarzhans, 1980) | CarapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| messmateEchiodon cryomargarites Markle, Williams & Olney, 1983 | CarapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echiodon dentatus (Cuvier, 1829) | CarapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echiodon neotes Markle & Olney, 1990 | CarapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Williams, J. T. (1984). Studies on Echiodon (Pisces: Carapidae), with description of two new Indo-Pacific species. Copeia, 1984 (2): 410–422. https://doi.org/10.2307/1445199 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:38LN5. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.