Echiodon drummondii Thompson, 1837

Iglésias, Samuel P., Bariche, Michel, Beau, Florent, Bérenger, Lucas, Beucher, Renaud, Chabrolle, Antoine, Cottalorda, Jean-Michel, Cousin, Bertrand, Curd, Amelia, Danet, Valentin, Duhamel, Erwan, Duval, Audrey, Farque, Pierre-André, Goascoz, Nicolas, Jadaud, Angélique, Larnaud, Pascal, Bouter, Mathieu Le, Bras, Yvan Le, Bris, Sylvain Le, Lombard, Laurent, Louisy, Patrick, Mandine, Alain, Mas, Lise, Menut, Thomas, Metral, Luisa, Poussard, Pierre, Quéro, Jean-Claude, Raybaud, Virginie, Renoult, Julien P., Richard, Thomas, Spitz, Jérôme, Ternon, Quentin, Thiriet, Pierre & Tournier-Broer, Ruben, 2021, French ichthyological records for 2019, Cybium 45 (3), pp. 169-188 : 173

Echiodon drummondii Thompson, 1837

An Atlantic pearlfish, Carapidae ( Fig. 3C ), was collected on 25 Nov 2019 during the EVHOE survey, using a bottom trawl. It was collected in the Celtic Sea (southern Ireland), at Station X 0558 (50.4339 / 50.4166 °N, 8.5809 / 8.6151 °W), at 127-128 m depth. The fresh specimen measured 268 mm TL, 28 mm HL and weighed 9.6 g. This specimen was preserved for osteology by Nalani Schnell and a tissue sample was preserved under No. BPS-4270. Recorded by T. Richard and N. Goascoz. A specimen, 262 mm TL, was previously recorded on 16 Apr 2006 from southern Finistère ( Iglésias, 2009b). The species is rarely recorded because its slender body usually slips through fishing gear .

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Figure 3. – Significant French ichthyo- logical records for 2019 (continued). A: Photostomias guernei, 135 mm TL, 27 Oct 2019, MNHN-IC 2021-0141 (© S.P. Iglésias); B: Ijimaia loppei, 740+ mm long, 27 Oct 2019, MNHN- IC 2021-0142 (© S.P. Iglésias); C: Echiodon drummondii, 268 mm TL, 25 Nov 2019 (© S.P. Iglésias).