Carapus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ophidiaria
Ordo: Ophidiiformes

Familia: Carapidae
Subfamilia: Carapinae
Genus: Carapus
Species: C. acus – C. bermudensis – C. dubius – C. mourlani – C. sluiteri
Name

Carapus Rafinesque, 1810

Gender: masculine

Type species: Gymnotus acus Brünnich, 1768, assigned to Linnaeus, without date, by Opinion 42, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.
Synonyms

Disparichthys Herre, 1935
Fierasfer Oken (ex Cuvier), 1817

References

Rafinesque, C. S. 1810. Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ossia, catalogo metodico dei nomi latini, italiani, e siciliani dei pesci, che si rinvengono in Sicilia disposti secondo un metodo naturale e seguito da un appendice che contiene la descrizione de alcuni nuovi pesci sicilian. Messina. Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ossia, catalogo metodico dei nomi latini, italiani, e siciliani dei pesci, ...: 1–70, Pls. 1-2.
Nielsen, J. G., D. M. Cohen, D. F. Markle, and C. R. Robins. 1999. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 18. Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearl-fishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis. No. 125.
Carapus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

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.