Pallid pearlfish

Pallid pearlfish
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
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

  • Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Pyramodon ventralis" in 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


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