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Mark Rosenstein, license: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Ophidiiformes
Family:
Carapidae
Subfamily:
Carapinae
Genus:
Onuxodon
Species:
fowleri
Common:
Fowler's pearlfish
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Marine
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Regions:
Indian Ocean, Western
Pacific, Eastern Central
Pacific, Northwest
Pacific, Southwest
Pacific, Western Central
Kéver, L., Colleye, O., Lugli, M., Lecchini, D., Lerouvreur, F., Herrel, A., Parmentier, E. 2014. Sound Production in Onuxodon fowleri (Carapidae) and Its Amplification by the Host Shell. Journal of Experimental Biology, 217(24): 4283-4294.
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