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Pallid pearlfish

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Species of fish

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

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.

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Taxon identifiers
Pyramodon ventralis


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