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Carapidae
Eel pearlfish
Eurypleuron owasianum
Male vertebrae have extended processes
- Northern Hemisphere
- Restricted distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- Anguilliform
- Medium
Northern Hemisphere
Restricted distribution
Marine fish
Anguilliform
MediumEel pearlfish is known around Northwest Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 23.6 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cusk-eels
- Family
- Carapidae
- Genus
- Eurypleuron
- Maximum length
- 23.6 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- Northwest Pacific: Japan. Pending a comprehensive study of the group, E. owasianum is restricted to Japan and tentatively refer all of the disjunct southern populations to E. cinereum , the only species name available for the complex.
- Conservation status
- DDData Deficient
Class
Family
Conservation status
