Carapus
Appearance
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Pearlfish (C. acus) | |
Pacific Pearlfish (C. dubius) | |
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Genus: | Carapus Rafinesque, 1810
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Carapus is a genus of pearlfishes, with these currently recognized species:[1]
- Carapus acus (Brünnich, 1768) (pearlfish)
- Carapus bermudensis (J. M. Jones, 1874) (Atlantic pearlfish)
- Carapus boraborensis (Kaup, 1856) (pinhead pearlfish)
- Carapus dubius (Putnam, 1874) (Pacific pearlfish)
- Carapus mourlani (Petit, 1934) (star pearlfish)
- Carapus sluiteri (M. C. W. Weber, 1905)
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Carapus". FishBase. June 2012 version.