Pallid pearlfish
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
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| Species: | P. ventralis
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| 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.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pyramodon ventralis". FishBase. February 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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