NOUN | animal | pearl-fish, pearlfish | found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds |
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Meaning | Found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds. | |
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Synonym | pearlfish | |
Member of | Carapidae, family Carapidae | pearlfishes |
Broader | percoid fish, percoid, percoidean | Any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes |
Spanish | carapidae |
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