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Pinhead pearlfish (Encheliophis boraborensis)
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Pinhead pearlfish (Encheliophis boraborensis) specimen
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Carapidae

Pinhead pearlfish

Encheliophis boraborensis

Fish Reaching Thirty Centimeters in Taiwanese Waters

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • East Asia
  • Anguilliform
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Pinhead pearlfish is known from Indo-Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Family
Carapidae
Maximum length
30 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Mauritius to the Society Islands, north to Taiwan and the Yaeyama Islands; including Mariana and Caroline islands.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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