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Carapus
Rafinesque, 1810
(fish)
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Entity:
Carapinae (Subfamily) - fierasfers
..Echiodon (Genus)
..Encheliophis (Genus)
..Eurypleuron (Genus)
..Onuxodon (Genus)
..Carapus (Genus)
....Carapus acus (Species) - pearl fish
....Carapus bermudensis (Species) - Atlantic pearlfish
....Carapus boraborensis (Species)
....Carapus dubius (Species)
....Carapus mourlani (Species)
....Carapus sluiteri (Species)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C.S. Rafinesque Schmaltz, 1810
Original name
:
Rafinesque Schmaltz, C.S. 1810b.
Indice Ittiol. Sicil.
: 57.
Original rank
:
loc. cit.
Original spelling
:
loc. cit.
Types
Type of
:
Carapidae
(Family)
Poey, 1867, nom. protect., nom. praeval.
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 11 Jun 2025; 28 Jun 2025.
[inferred]
Type of
:
Carapinae
(Subfamily)
Poey, 1867, nom. protect., nom. praeval.
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 11 Jun 2025; [<28 Jun 2025].
[inferred]
Synonyms
Including
:
Disparichthys
(Genus)
Herre, 1935
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 245.
Vernacular Names (Latin)
Stem
:
Carapod-
Ref:
G.C. Steyskal, 1980
: 174, 176.
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