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Echiodon drummondii, sometimes called Drummond's echiodon or Drummond's pearlfish,[1] and in Ireland simply called the pearlfish,[2] is a species of fish in the family Carapidae (pearlfish).[3][4]

It is named for James Lawson Drummond, who collected the holotype at Carnlough, Ireland in 1836.[2][5]

Description

Echiodon drummondii is reddish in colour with a silvery abdomen, operculum and iris and dark markings on the head.[6] It has an eel-like body, up to Шаблон:Cvt in length, making it among the largest of the family.[7] Its eyes are large, and lateral line is very faint.

Habitat

Echiodon drummondii is bathydemersal, living at depths of Шаблон:Cvt in the North Sea and the waters surrounding Great Britain and Ireland;[6] it has also been recorded off Iceland and the Azores.[8]

Behaviour

Echiodon drummondii can be free-living and feeds on small invertebrates, fish and bottom-dwellers.[6] It is also known to live inside sea cucumbers; the cucumber opens its anus to breathe in, and the pearlfish swims in.[9][2] Eggs have been discovered in the seabed off County Kerry.[10]

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