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Carapus
Carapus
Synonyms:
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Diaphasia
;
Disparichthys
;
Fierasfer
;
Lefroyia
;
Leptofierasfer
;
Porobronchus
;
Vexillifer
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Wikipedia Abstract
Carapus is a genus of pearlfishes, with these currently recognized species: \n* Carapus acus (Brünnich, 1768) (pearlfish) \n* Carapus bermudensis (J. M. Jones, 1874) (Atlantic pearlfish) \n* Carapus boraborensis (Kaup, 1856) (pinhead pearlfish) \n* Carapus dubius (Putnam, 1874) (Pacific pearlfish) \n* Carapus mourlani (Petit, 1934) (star pearlfish) \n* Carapus sluiteri (M. C. W. Weber, 1905)
View Wikipedia Record:
Carapus
Species
Carapus acus
(
Pearlfish
)
Carapus alleni
Carapus bermudensis
(
Pearlfish
)
Carapus dubius
(
Pearlfish
)
Carapus mourlani
(
Cushion star pearlfish
)
Carapus praecursor
Carapus sluiteri
Carapus smithvillensis
Fierasfer nuntius
Jordanicus lisus
External References
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via
GBIF.org
on 2023-06-13; License:
CC BY 4.0