Rendahl's messmate explained

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 60m (200feet). Its length is between NaNcm (-2,147,483,648inches).The larvae has a long filament on its head which bears some resemblance to a siphonophore. These fish live within sponges.^[1] The specific name honours the Swedish naturalist and artist Hialmar Rendahl who collected the specimens in the Tasman Sea which were used by Gilbert Percy Whitley to describe this species.^[2]

left|thumb|200px|Juvenile Echiodon rendahli
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling

Notes and References

1. Web site: Messmate Fish, Echiodon rendahli (Whitley 1941) . 8 July 2018 . Museums Voctoria . Fishes of Australia.
2. Web site: Order OPHIDIIFORMES: Families CARAPIDAE and OPHIDIIDAE . 8 July 2018 . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . 21 March 2018 . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database.