Pearl Fish
Carapus acus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
Carapus acus is a species of bony fish in the family Carapidae, the pearlfishes, and is native to the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It lives as a commensal in association with a sea cucumber, spending the day inside its host and emerging at night to feed.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Ophidiiformes
- Family
- Carapidae
- Genus
- Carapus