37 Species in Family Carapidae
Nominal species list for Carapidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Carapus acus (Brünnich, 1768) Pearl fish
Carapus bermudensis (Jones, 1874) Pearlfish
Carapus dubius (Putnam, 1874) Pacific pearlfish
Carapus mourlani (Petit, 1934) Star pearlfish
Carapus sluiteri (Weber, 1905) Sluiter's pearlfish
Echiodon anchipterus Williams, 1984 Closefin pearlfish
Echiodon atopus Anderson, 2005
Echiodon coheni Williams, 1984
Echiodon cryomargarites Markle, Williams & Olney, 1983 Messmate
Echiodon dawsoni Williams & Shipp, 1982 Chain pearlfish
Echiodon dentatus (Cuvier, 1829)
Echiodon drummondii Thompson, 1837
Echiodon exsilium Rosenblatt, 1961 Nocturnal pearlfish
Echiodon neotes Markle & Olney, 1990
Echiodon pegasus Markle & Olney, 1990
Echiodon prionodon Parmentier, 2012
Echiodon pukaki Markle & Olney, 1990
Echiodon rendahli (Whitley, 1941) Messmate fish
Encheliophis boraborensis (Kaup, 1856) Pinhead pearlfish
Encheliophis chardewalli Parmentier, 2004
Encheliophis gracilis (Bleeker, 1856) Graceful pearlfish
Encheliophis homei (Richardson, 1846) Silver pearlfish
Encheliophis sagamianus (Tanaka, 1908)
Encheliophis vermicularis Müller, 1842 Worm pearlfish
Encheliophis vermiops Markle & Olney, 1990 Pygmy pearlfish
Eurypleuron cinereum (Smith, 1955)
Eurypleuron owasianum (Matsubara, 1953) Eel pearlfish
Onuxodon albometeori Koeda, 2019 White pearlfish
Onuxodon fowleri (Smith, 1955) Fowler's pearlfish
Onuxodon margaritiferae (Rendahl, 1921) Bivalve pearlfish
Onuxodon parvibrachium (Fowler, 1927) Oyster pearlfish
Pyramodon lindas Markle & Olney, 1990 Blackedge pearlfish
Pyramodon parini Markle & Olney, 1990
Pyramodon punctatus (Regan, 1914) Dogtooth pearlfish
Pyramodon ventralis Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 Pallid pearlfish
Snyderidia canina Gilbert, 1905
Tetragondacnus spilotus Anderson & Satria, 2007
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