Authorship

SN2000 author citation	:			Poey, 1867, nom. protect., nom. praeval., orth. corr.
Original name & rank	:			Poey, 1867: 209. ["Carapidi"].
Subsequent spelling	:

Attributes

Imperfect name (orth. inval.: orth. imperf.) [ICZN]				Ref: G.C. Steyskal, 1980. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 93 (1): 174.
Justified emendation of suffix (: orth. corr.) [ICZN, 1999: Arts. 29.2, 34.1 (family)]				Ref: R. van der Laan et al. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 68. [inferred]
Protected name (nom. protect.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 23.9.2]				Ref: R. van der Laan et al. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 68 ("in prevailing recent practice"). [implicit]
Spelling in prevailing usage (: [orth. praeval.])				Ref: R. van der Laan et al. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 68 ("Subfamily Carapinae Poey 1867 Name and spelling in prevailing recent practice"). [implicit]
Junior subjective synonym in prevailing usage (nom. praeval.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 35.5 (fam.: subfam.)]				Ref: R. van der Laan et al. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 68 ("Subfamily Carapinae Poey 1867 Name and spelling in prevailing recent practice"). [implicit]

Types

Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]	:	Carapinae (Subfamily) Poey, 1867, nom. protect., nom. praeval.		Ref: R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021: (4 Feb 2025). [inferred]
Type	:	Carapus (Genus) Rafinesque, 1810		Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 11 Jun 2025; 28 Jun 2025. [inferred]

Variants

Different spelling	:	Carapodidae (Family)		Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 9 Sep 2013. [indirect]
Correct spelling	:	Carapodidae (Family)		Ref: G.C. Steyskal, 1980: 174.

Synonyms

Synonymous name	:	Fierasferidae (Family)		Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 607.
In	:	Ophidiidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1810		Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 22.
Including	:	Pyramodontidae (Family)		Ref: [Anonymous], 1995

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name

:

naaldvissen s.s.

Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name

:

pearlfishes

Ref: I.V. Volvenko et al., 2020: 10; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).

Vernacular Names (Russian)

Full name	:	Карапусовые [Karapusovye]	Ref: I.V. Volvenko et al., 2020: 10.
	:	фиерасферовые [fierasferovye]	Ref: I.V. Volvenko et al., 2020: 10.