Carapus

Carapus
Pearlfish (C. acus)
Pacific Pearlfish (C. dubius)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Ophidiiformes
Family:Carapidae
Subfamily:Carapinae
Genus:Carapus
Rafinesque, 1810
Type species
Gymnotus acus
Brünnich, 1768[1]
Synonyms
  • Diaphasia Lowe, 1843
  • Disparichthys Herre, 1935
  • Helminthodes Gill 1864
  • Lefroyia J. M. Jones, 1874
  • Leptofierasfer Meek & Hildebrand, 1928
  • Pirellinus Whitley, 1928
  • Porobronchus Kaup, 1860
  • Vexillifer Gasco, 1870

Carapus is a genus of pearlfishes, with these currently recognized species:[2]

  • Carapus acus (Brünnich, 1768) (pearlfish)
  • Carapus bermudensis (J. M. Jones, 1874) (Atlantic pearlfish)
  • Carapus dubius (Putnam, 1874) (Pacific pearlfish)
  • Carapus mourlani (Petit, 1934) (star pearlfish)
  • Carapus sluiteri (M. C. W. Weber, 1905)

References

  1. ↑ Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Carapus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2018). Species of Carapus in FishBase. February 2018 version.


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