Carapus Rafinesque, 1810
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- GENUS
- Published in
- Rafinesque, Constantine 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.: 1-70.
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- order
- Ophidiiformes
- family
- Carapidae
- genus
- Carapus
Name
- Synonyms
- Diaphasia Lowe, 1843
- Disparichthys Herre, 1935
- Fierasfer Oken, 1817
- Lefroyia Jones, 1874
- Leptofierasfer Meek & Hildebrand, 1928
- Porobronchus Kaup, 1860
- Vexillifer Gasco, 1870
- Homonyms
- Carapus Rafinesque, 1810
- Carapus Cuvier, 1816
- Common names
- Pearlfishes in English
- pearlfishes in English
- シロカクレウオ属 in Japanese
Bibliographic References
- Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
- Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
- Eschmeyer, William N., 1990: null. Genera of Recent Fishes. iii + 697.
- Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
- FishBase
- Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.
- Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
- Ind. Itt. Sic.
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- Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
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- Nielsen, Jørgen G., Daniel M. Cohen, Douglas F. Markle, and C. Richard Robins, 1999: Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes): An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 18. xi + 178.
- SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
- Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 363, 1-560.
- Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
- WoRMS (Mar 2013)
- WoRMS (Mar 2013)
- van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374