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Image Bank - Fishes

Star Pearlfish

Reference

IB1116

Category

Fishes

Family Name

Pearlfishes - CARAPIDAE

Common Name

Star Pearlfish

Scientific Name

Carapus mourlani

Artist Name

Roger Swainston

Notes

Some members of this family are free-living in deep water down to 2000 m. Others are commensal, living within the body of another animal. The host animals are usually sea cucumbers, large clams and pearl shells.

Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia

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