Carapus

Kingdom Animalia Family Carapidae Rank Genus		Class Actinopterygii Phylum Chordata Order Ophidiiformes

Similar Carapus acus, Pearlfish, Ophidiiformes, Bohadschia argus, Echiodon dentatus

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Carapus is a genus of pearlfishes, with these currently recognized species:

Carapus acus (Brünnich, 1768) (pearlfish)

Carapus bermudensis (J. M. Jones, 1874) (Atlantic pearlfish)

Carapus boraborensis (Kaup, 1856) (pinhead pearlfish)

Carapus dubius (Putnam, 1874) (Pacific pearlfish)

Carapus mourlani (Petit, 1934) (star pearlfish)

Carapus sluiteri (M. C. W. Weber, 1905)