Pinhead pearlfish
The pinhead pearlfish, Encheliophis boraborensis, is a species of slender, ray-finned fish in the family Carapidae found in the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean; it normally lives inside the body cavity of a sea cucumber such as the pineapple sea cucumber (Thelenota ananas) or the leopard sea cucumber (Bohadschia argus).
| Pinhead pearlfish | |
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| A pinhead pearlfish, Encheliophis boraborensis, at Kaltim, Indonesia - night dive | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Carapidae |
| Genus: | Encheliophis |
| Species: | E. boraborensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Encheliophis boraborensis (Kaup, 1856) | |
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