Carapus
Appearance
Carapus | |
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Pearlfish (C. acus) | |
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Pacific Pearlfish (C. dubius) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Ophidiiformes |
Family: | Carapidae |
Subfamily: | Carapinae |
Genus: | Carapus Rafinesque, 1810 |
Type species | |
Gymnotus acus Brünnich, 1768[1]
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Synonyms | |
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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
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Carapus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Carapus in FishBase. February 2018 version.