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Pallid pearlfish

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Pallid pearlfish
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Carapidae
Subfamily: Pyramodontinae
Genus: Pyramodon
Species:
P. ventralis
Binomial name
Pyramodon ventralis

The pallid pearlfish, Pyramodon ventralis, is a pearlfish of the family Carapidae, found in the Indo-western Pacific Ocean at depths between 100 and 400 m. Its length is between 25 and 30 cm.

References

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  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pyramodon ventralis". FishBase. February 2006 version.
  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8