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Pearlfish preserved emerging from anus of sea cucumber, Zoology Museum, Cambridge Pearlfishes are unusual in that the adults of most species live inside various types of invertebrates . They typically live inside clams , sea cucumbers , [ 3 ] starfish , or sea squirts , and are simply commensal , not harming their hosts.
Common names of fish can refer to a single species; to an entire group of species, such as a genus or family; or to multiple unrelated species or groups. Ambiguous common names are accompanied by their possible meanings. Scientific names for individual species and higher taxa are included in parentheses.
Carapus is a genus of pearlfishes, with these currently recognized species: [2] The Carapus (or pearlfish) belongs to the Carapidae family and are described as eel-like fishes. [ 3 ] This particular organism is considered parasitic due to the fact that it lives inside different invertebrates.
Echiodon drummondii, sometimes called Drummond's echiodon or Drummond's pearlfish, [3] and in Ireland simply called the pearlfish, [4] is a species of fish in the family Carapidae (pearlfish). [5] [6] It is named for James Lawson Drummond, who collected the holotype at Carnlough, Ireland in 1836. [4] [7]
The seven native fish species regularly seen in fresh water are the flagtail (Kuhlia xenura), the mullet (Mugil cephalus), the gobies (Awaous stamineus, Lentipes concolor, Sicyopterus stimpsoni and Stenogobius hawaiiensis), and the sleeper goby (Eleotris sandwicensis).
The silver pearlfish, Encheliophis homei, is a species of eel-like fish in the family Carapidae. This pearlfish lives inside the coelom of sea cucumbers such as Bohadschia argus, Thelenota ananas , and Stichopus chloronotus. It is native to tropical and subtropical parts of the Indo-Pacific Ocean.
Encheliophis is a genus of pearlfishes, with seven currently recognized species: [1] Encheliophis boraborensis (Kaup, 1856) (pinhead pearlfish) Encheliophis chardewalli Parmentier, 2004; Encheliophis gracilis (Bleeker, 1856) (graceful pearlfish) Encheliophis homei (J. Richardson, 1846) (silver pearlfish) Encheliophis sagamianus (S. Tanaka (I ...
Leptolebias opalescens, also known as the opal pearlfish, annual tropical killifish or opalescent pearlfish, is a species of killifish in the family Aplocheilidae [2] endemic to Brazil. [3] This species was described as Cynolebias opalescens by George S. Myers in 1942 with the type locality given as the base of the Serra do Petrópolis, near ...