Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 38 - 42; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 47 - 50; Vertebrae: 130. Eel-like, shallow body depth; 1 to several symphyseal fangs on dentary and premaxilla; lacking cardiform teeth, pelvic fins, and swim bladder rocker bone; a patch of ridges posteriorly on the ventral surface of the swim bladder (Ref. 34024). Precaudal vertebrae 21-25 (Ref. 34024). Branchiostegal rays: 7 (Ref. 36487).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Ophidiiformes

Family: Carapidae

Genus: Echiodon

Species: Echiodon exsilium Rosenblatt, 1961

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Uncommon species (Ref. 34024). Free-living adults are found on the outer shelf, usually deeper than 64 m over muddy sand bottoms (Ref. 36487). Oviparous, with specialized vexillifer planktonic larval stage, and benthic tenuis larval stage (Ref. 36487). Maximum depth from Ref. 58018.

Habitat

demersal

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless