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Pinhead pearlfish
Encheliophis boraborensis
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Pinhead pearlfish
- Scientific
- Encheliophis boraborensis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Carapidae (pearlfishes)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 30 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- On or near the bottom, recorded from 1 to 150 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2019
Description
A slender, eel-like pearlfish reaching about 30 cm, which lives inside sea cucumbers.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Encheliophis-boraborensis.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:EncheliophBoraborensorangkucing.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.