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pearlfish
[ purl-fish ]
noun
plural pearlfishes, (especially collectively) pearlfish.
- any of several small fishes of the family Carapidae, living within pearl oysters, sea cucumbers, starfishes, etc.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of pearlfish1
First recorded in 1585–95; pearl oyster + fish
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Pearlfish go inside the sea cucumbers’ butt and eat their gonads.
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The pearlfish is impressive in numbers as well as appetite.
Bay obtained a small number of pearlfish two years ago and kept some in cages in a water-covered rice field, others in test tanks.
Their breeding habits were unaffected; during one two-month test, three pairs of caged pearlfish produced a total of almost 2,000 eggs.
Entomologist Ernest Bay has pinned his hopes on the little Cynolebias bellottii, or Argentine pearlfish.
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