Scientific Name	Onuxodon parvibrachium   Pronounce			by: ©South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)
Author	(Fowler, 1927)	Depth	0 - 30M
Chinese	短臂鈎隱魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	隱魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F221　Carapidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	短臂鈎潛魚
Max Length	10 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	牡蠣隱魚、隱魚
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	In clam shell, Suva Bay [Viti Levu, Fiji, South Pacific]
Synonyms	Carapus parvibrachium, Carapus reedi, Onuxodon parvibranchium
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  Fowler, H. W. 1927 Tyler, J.C. 1970 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nielsen, J. G., D. M. Cohen, D. F. Markle etc. 1999 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0066273. ASIZP0801145. FRIP00183. NTUM06786.
Barcode	2008-03-24,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100%
Common Name	Oyster pearlfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Eel-like, shallow to moderate body depth; adults small, less than 100 mm, trunk compressed; 1 to several large symphyseal fangs on premaxilla and dentary; anterior swim bladder modified into 'rockerbone'; posterior part of swimbladder embedded in hypaxial musculature; predorsal bone present; pelvic fins absent; pectoral fin rays supported by numerous small distal radials. Pectoral fins short (16 to 29% head length); eyes small (deameter 8 to 16% head length); precaudal vertebrae 16-18; lateralis papillae not visible on head or anterior lateral line.
habitats	Uncommon species. Commensal inquiline in the giant oyster Pycnodonta hyotis<\i>. Host species Atrina vexillum<\i> and Lopha cristagalli<\i>.
Distribution	Shallow waters of coral reef. Indo-West Pacific from South Africa to Hawaii, Amami-Oshima Island, Taiwan.
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