© Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0 Carapus mourlani Click on map for details about points. IDnature guides Checklist Australia Vertebrata Fish SFTEP Links We parsed the following live from the Web into this page. Such content is managed by its original site and not cached on Discover Life. Please send feedback and corrections directly to the source. See original regarding copyrights and terms of use. Australian Faunal Directory FishBase 80x5 - 240x3 - 240x4 - 320x1 - 320x2 - 320x3 - 640x1 - 640x2 Set display option above. Click on images to enlarge. © Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0 Carapus mourlani © Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0 Carapus mourlani © Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0 Carapus mourlani © Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0 Carapus mourlani © Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0 Carapus mourlani © Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0 Carapus mourlani 7 thumbnails  •  slide show español Overview Main identification features silvery + many dark spots in sea hare, sea cucumber maxilla not bound to head by skin gill membranes not united below with gill rakers Star pearl fish Elongate, short, compressed body, long slender tail; dorsal and anal fins confluent with tail fin; dorsal origin well behind origin of anal; upper jaw not bound to side of head by skin, extends well past eye; top jaw with a pair of slender incurving canines at front, followed by 2-3 rows of very small sharp teeth; lower jaw with a band of teeth, outer row with 7-8 enlarged teeth at front; roof of mouth with 2-3 large teeth at front, an a band of short, conical teeth on each side; gill opening extends above mid-side, gill membranes not united below; well developed gill rakers; well developed pectoral fin (2-3X length of head), 17-21 rays; anus before base of pectoral fin; anal fin rays longer than dorsal fin rays, 18-25 rays before the origin of the dorsal fin. Translucent; silvery to coppery on cheek and abdomen; with many star-shaped dark blotches on head and body. Reaches 17 cm Lives in the body cavities of starfishes and holothurians; in the TEP lives inside sea cucumbers and the gill chamber of the Blunt-end Seahare, Dolabella auricularia Depth range 3-116m Indo-Pacific; E Africa to the Central Pacific (including Hawaii and the Marquesas); in the TEP is known from Ecuador to northern Costa Rica. Attributes Abundance: Common. Cites: Not listed. Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo). Depth Range Max: 116 m. Depth Range Min: 3 m. Diet: mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves. Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva. Feeding Group: Parasitic. FishBase Habitat: Demersal. Global Endemism: Indo-Pacific only (Indian + Pacific Oceans); "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific); All Pacific (West + Central + East); TEP non-endemic; All species. Habitat: Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Reef only; Bivalves & sea cucumbers. Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only. IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed. Length Max: 17 cm. Regional Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; Eastern Pacific non-endemic; Continent only; Continent; All species. Residency: Resident. Salinity: Marine; Marine Only. Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only; Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Links to other sites Fishbase Catalog of Fishes Integrated Taxonomic Information System References Petit, G., 1934., Un Fierasfer nouveau de Madagascar., Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. (Ser 2), 6:393-397. Acknowledgements Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page. Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from Australian Faunal Directory    Top | See original &pull 20q v5.145 20180528: Error 301 Moved Permanently http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/1fd02f1a-a6a8-4999-8356-b38673587a25 Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Carapus&speciesname=mourlani ---> http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Carapus&speciesname=mourlani http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Carapus&speciesname=mourlani ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Carapus&speciesname=mourlani https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Carapus&speciesname=mourlani ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Carapus-mourlani.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Carapus Species in    Carapidae - Classification - Carapinae Carapidae Ophidiiformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Carapus mourlani ( Petit , 1934 ) Star pearlfish Add your observation in Fish Watcher Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed. Carapus mourlani   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Google image Carapus mourlani Picture by Randall, J.E. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Ophidiiformes (Cusk eels) > Carapidae (Pearlfishes) > Carapinae Etymology: Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; reef-associated; non-migratory; depth range 1 - 150 m (Ref. 34024 ). Tropical Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Indo-Pacific: East Africa to Hawaii, throughout Micronesia and Amami Islands, southern Japan. Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 21.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 30504 ) Short description Morphology | Morphometrics Dorsal soft rays (total): 35-41; Anal soft rays : 54 - 61; Vertebrae : 102 - 114. Eel-like, moderate to shallow body depth; cardiform teeth present but restricted to upper jaw symphysis; swim bladder constricted (under vertebrae 9 or 10) forming two chambers; lacking enlarged dentary or premaxillary fangs, dentary diastema, pelvic fins and swim bladder rockerbone (Ref. 34024 ). Differs from Encheliophis homei by possessing scattered melanophores over most of the body (Ref. 37816 ). Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Common species (Ref. 34024 ). Found in starfishes (mainly) and holothurians (Ref. 4104 ), usually in a male - female pair (Ref. 11228 ). Benthic (Ref. 58302 ). In Micronesia, it prefers the pincushion starfish Culcita novaeguinae for a host. Also known to occur in certain holothurians ( Bohadschia argus , Stichopus sp.) on rare occasions (Ref. 1602 ); for the first time with Isostichopus fuscus along the coast of Ecuador (Ref. 57700 ). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins , 1999. Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(18):178p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 34024 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 15 August 2019 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses Fisheries: of no interest FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.5312   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00102 (0.00046 - 0.00225), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.6   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low vulnerability (11 of 100). 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