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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.
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.
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.
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 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.
Emmelichthys nitidus, the Cape bonnetmouth, bonnetmouth, redbait, pearl fish, picarel, red baitfish, red herring or Southern rover, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Emmelichthyidae, the rovers and bonnetmouths. This species is found in the Indian and Pacific oceans. This species is of minor importance to commercial ...
Leptolebias is a ray-finned fish genus of the killifish family Rivulidae.Like many of their relatives, they are rather ambiguously known as "pearlfish".. They are endemic to the coastal areas of Brazil, where they inhabit ephemeral pools in tropical forests like the Mata Atlântica (or what remains thereof) and restinga.
Pyramodon is a genus of pearlfishes, with these currently recognized species: [2] Pyramodon lindas Markle & Olney, 1990 (blackedge pearlfish) Pyramodon parini Markle & Olney, 1990; Pyramodon punctatus (Regan, 1914) (dogtooth pearlfish) Pyramodon ventralis H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 (pallid pearlfish)