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Teleostei (teleosts) > Ophidiiformes (Cusk eels) > Carapidae (Pearlfishes) > Pyramodontinae
Etymology: Eurypleuron: Greek, eurys = long + Greek, pleura = near, the side of (Ref. 45335); owasianum: Named for its type locality (Ref. 5275).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 1 - 455 m (Ref. 34024). Deep-water

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Northwest Pacific: Japan. Pending a comprehensive study of the group, E. owasianum is restricted to Japan and tentatively refer all of the disjunct southern populations to E. cinereum, the only species name available for the complex.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 23.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5275)

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Eel-like, shallow body depth; dorsal fin origin about opposite anal fin origin; males with expanded parapophyses on vertebrae 5 to 18-20; lacking cardiform premaxillary teeth, pelvic fins, swim bladder rocker bone, and ventral tunic ridges on posterior swim bladder (Ref. 34024).

Uncommon species (Ref. 34024). Presumably free-living (Ref. 34024).

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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)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 15 August 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest

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Eurypleuron owasianum (Matsubara, 1953)