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Pearlfish are
marine fish in the ray-finned fish
family Carapidae.
Pearlfishes inhabit the
tropical waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and
Pacific Oceans...
- of ray-finned fish that
includes the cusk-eels (family Ophidiidae),
pearlfishes (family Carapidae),
viviparous brotulas (family Bythitidae), and others...
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which creates a
small mouth opening. Worm
pearlfishes’
mouths are
smaller and
weaker than
mouths of
pearlfishes in
other genera because they feed on soft...
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Ophidiimopharia Betancur-Rodriguez et al. 2013
Order Ophidiiformes (
pearlfishes)
Series Batrachoidimopharia Betancur-Rodriguez et al. 2013
Order Batrachoidiformes...
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Pyramodon is a
genus of
pearlfishes, with
these currently recognized species:
Pyramodon lindas Markle & Olney, 1990 (blackedge pearlfish)
Pyramodon parini...
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Eurypleuron is a
genus of
pearlfishes, with
these currently recognized species:
Eurypleuron cinereum (J. L. B. Smith, 1955)
Eurypleuron owasianum (Matsubara...
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Subseries Ophidiida Order Ophidiiformes Suborder Ophidioidei – cusk-eels,
pearlfishes and
allies (4 families)
Suborder Bythoidei –
viviparous and
false brotulas...
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Encheliophis is a
genus of
pearlfishes, with
seven currently recognized species:
Encheliophis boraborensis (Kaup, 1856) (pinhead pearlfish) Encheliophis...
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Carapus is a
genus of
pearlfishes, with
these currently recognized species: The
Carapus (or pearlfish)
belongs to the
Carapidae family and are described...
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Extinct in the wild (EW): 6
species Critically endangered (CR): 455
species Endangered (EN): 643
species Vulnerable (VU): 1,245
species Near...
