Silver pearlfish | |
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Silver pearlfish | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Ophidiiformes |
Family: | Carapidae |
Genus: | Encheliophis |
Species: | E. homei
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Binomial name | |
Encheliophis homei (Richardson, 1846)[2]
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Synonyms[2] | |
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.