Definitions for: Pearlfish

[n] found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds

Webster (1913) Definition: Pearl"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any fish whose scales yield a pearl-like pigment used in
manufacturing artificial pearls, as the bleak, and whitebait.

See Also: Carapidae, family Carapidae, percoid, percoid fish, percoidean