| NOUN | animal | Carapidae, family Carapidae | pearlfishes |
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| Meaning | pearlfishes: related to the Brotulidae. | |
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| Synonym | family Carapidae | |
| Member of | Perciformes, order Perciformes, Percomorphi, order Percomorphi | One of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water |
| Members | pearlfish, pearl-fish | Found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds |
| Broader | fish family | Any of various families of fish |
| Spanish | Carapidae, familia Carapidae | |
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