| 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 | |
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Echiodon rendahli (Whitley, 1941) |
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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.