Pallid pearlfish | |
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Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Ophidiiformes |
Family: | Carapidae |
Subfamily: | Pyramodontinae |
Genus: | Pyramodon |
Species: | P. ventralis
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Binomial name | |
Pyramodon ventralis H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913
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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.