Silver pearlfish

Silver pearlfish
Silver pearlfish
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Carapidae
Genus: Encheliophis
Species:
E. homei
Binomial name
Encheliophis homei
(Richardson, 1846)
Synonyms
  • Carapus homei (Richardson, 1846)
  • Carapus neglectus (Peters, 1855)
  • Fierasfer affinis Günther, 1862
  • Fierasfer brandesu (Bleeker, 1851)
  • Fierasfer homei (Richardson, 1846)
  • Fierasfer neglectum Peters, 1855
  • Oxybeles brandesii Bleeker, 1851
  • Oxybeles homei Richardson, 1846

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.

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