| Carapus acus (Brünnich, 1768) | ||||
| Family: | Carapidae (Pearlfishes) | ( not available ) | ||
| Order: | Ophidiiformes | |||
| Class: | Teleostei | |||
| English name: | Pearl fish | |||
| Distribution: | Eastern Atlantic: including the Mediterranean. Probably south to Ascension Island. | |||
| Adult biology: | Common species (Ref. 34024). Adults typically live as commensals in the gut of shallow-water holothurians, Holothuria tubulosa and Stichopus regalis (although some deep-water records exist, see Ref. 6347). Prejuveniles (tenuis larvae) probably inhabit the same host species while the vexillifer and egg-rafts are planktonic. The fish may partly protrude or entirely leave its host at night to feed on small fish and benthic invertebrates. Reproduction noted in July-September. (Ref. 4741). | |||
| Diagnosis: | A dorsal appendage (vexillum) is developed and at 4 mm it is longer than the trunk.. See also LARVAE table. | |||
| Climate Zone: | subtropical; 42°N - 15°S | |||
| Main Ref: | Bertolini, F., U. D'Ancona, E. Padoa Montalenti, S. Ranzi, L. Sanzo, A. Sparta, E. Tortonese and M. Vialli. 1956. (Ref. 65) | |||
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| Modified by: Luna, Susan M. |
Entered by: Papasissi, Christine |
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