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Species in the genus Carapus: [ 29 ] records

acus, Gymnotus Brünnich [M. T.] 1768:13 [Ichthyologia Massiliensis, sistens piscium descriptiones eorumque apud incolas nomina; ref. 17290] Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. Neotype: ZMUC Jour. no. 36. Neotype designated by Markle & Olney 1990:375 [ref. 18996]. •Valid as Carapus acus (Brünnich 1768) -- (Arnold 1956:263 [ref. 5315], Wheeler 1973:557 [ref. 7190], Trott & Olney in Whitehead et al. 1986:1173 [ref. 13677], Markle & Olney 1990:374 [ref. 18996], Santos et al. 1997:124 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:111 [ref. 24952], Parmentier et al. 1999:135 [ref. 23955], Markle in Nielsen et al. 1999:12 [ref. 24448], Parmentier et al. 2000:295 [ref. 26179], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:54 [ref. 26753], Golani 2005:26 [ref. 37112], Parmentier et al. 2006:122 [ref. 28668], Fricke et al. 2007:65 [ref. 29533], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:31 [ref. 36649], Wirtz et al. 2013:119 [ref. 32972], Wirtz et al. 2014:4 [ref. 33516], Nielsen 2016:1945 [ref. 34583], Artüz & Fricke 2019:554 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:159 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:94 [ref. 36864], Reiner 2019:110 [ref. 38139], Kovačić et al. 2020:21 [ref. 37519], Bañón & Maño 2021:61 [ref. 38883], Golani 2021:29 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:33 [ref. 39014], Ergüden & Turan 2022:115 [ref. 39385], Fermon et al. 2022:208 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Carapus acus (Brünnich 1768). Carapidae: Carapinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay south to Angola, including Azores and Madeira and São Tomé and Principe; southern-central Atlantic: Ascension Island. Habitat: marine.

arenicola, Fierasfer Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] 1882:363 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 4 (no. 237); ref. 2470] Mazatlán, Sinaloa, western Mexico. Holotype (unique): USNM 29244. •Synonym of Carapus dubius (Putnam 1874) -- (Arnold 1956:270 [ref. 5315]). •Synonym of Encheliophis dubius (Putnam 1874) -- (Markle & Olney 1990:388 [ref. 18996], Markle in Nielsen et al. 1999:16 [ref. 24448], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:163 [ref. 24550], Mundy 2005:240 [ref. 28379], Page et al. 2013:94 [ref. 32708]). •Synonym of Carapus dubius (Putnam 1874) -- (recent authors). Current status: Synonym of Carapus dubius (Putnam 1874). Carapidae: Carapinae. Habitat: marine.

bermudensis, Lefroyia Jones [J. M.] 1874:3838 [Zoologist (Ser. 2) v. 9; ref. 2362] Bermuda. Holotype (unique): USNM 23807. •Valid as Carapus bermudensis (Jones 1874) -- (Arnold 1956:272 [ref. 5315], Robins & Ray 1986:101 [ref. 23100], Markle & Olney 1990:381 [ref. 18996], Cervigón 1991:174 [ref. 24472], Boschung 1992:77 [ref. 23239], Tyler et al. 1992:218 [ref. 21501], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:697 [ref. 23897], Aguilera 1998:47 [ref. 24221], Markle in Nielsen et al. 1999:12 [ref. 24448], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:154 [ref. 25013], Parmentier et al. 2000:295 [ref. 26179], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:152 [ref. 27754], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:58 [ref. 27192], Olney 2003:964 [ref. 27007], Smith et al. 2003:12 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:90 [ref. 27807], Parmentier et al. 2006:122 [ref. 28668], Garrido-Linares & Acero P. 2006:291, 297 [ref. 28946], Page et al. 2013:94 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Collette 2013:169 [ref. 32953], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:28 [ref. 33341], Pinheiro et al. 2015:9 [ref. 34324]). Current status: Valid as Carapus bermudensis (Jones 1874). Carapidae: Carapinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

birpex, Carapus Arnold [D. C.] 1956:265, Fig. 7 [captioned 8 on p. 266] [Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology v. 4 (no. 6); ref. 5315] Near Madeira. Holotype (unique): MMF 2739. •Valid as Carapas birpex Arnold 1956 -- (Wheeler 1973:557 [ref. 7190], Trott & Olney in Whitehead et al. 1986:1174 [ref. 13677]). •Synonym of Carapus acus (Brünnich 1768) -- (Markle & Olney 1990:374 [ref. 18996], Markle in Nielsen et al. 1999:12 [ref. 24448]). Current status: Synonym of Carapus acus (Brünnich 1768). Carapidae: Carapinae. Habitat: marine.

caninus, Fierasfer Günther [A.] 1862:383 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] No locality. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1952.10.30.2. Markle & Olney 1990:388 [ref. 18996] recommended suppression of this species name in favor of Fierasfer dubius Putnam 1874. •Valid as Carapus caninus (Günther 1862) -- (Arnold 1956:278 [ref. 5315]). •Senior synonym of Encheliophis dubius (Putnam 1874) but not treated as valid -- (Markle & Olney 1990:388 [ref. 18996], Markle in Nielsen et al. 1999:16 [ref. 24448]). •Synonym of Carapus dubius (Putnam 1874) -- (recent authors). Current status: Synonym of Carapus dubius (Putnam 1874). Carapidae: Carapinae. Habitat: marine.

chavesi, Carapus Ancona López [A. A.] 1956:392, Fig. 2 [Papéis Avulsos do Departmento de Zoologia, Secretaría da Agricultura, Indústria e Comércio, São Paulo. v. 12 (no. 20); ref. 12209] Praia da Piedade, off Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. Holotype (unique): No types known. •Synonym of Carapus bermudensis (Jones 1874) -- (Markle & Olney 1990:381 [ref. 18996], Markle in Nielsen et al. 1999:12 [ref. 24448]). Current status: Synonym of Carapus bermudensis (Jones 1874). Carapidae: Carapinae. Habitat: marine.

cuspis, Carapus Arnold [D. C.] 1956:267, Fig. 8 [captioned 7 on p. 266] [Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology v. 4 (no. 6); ref. 5315] Near Madeira, 33°02'N, 16°20'W, depth 100 meters. Holotype: MOM 0091-1723 (1 of 2). Paratypes: BMNH 1954.5.3.1 (1), MOM 0091-1723 (1 of 2). •Valid as Carapus cuspis Arnold 1956 -- (Wheeler 1973:557 [ref. 7190], Trott & Olney in Whitehead et al. 1986:1174 [ref. 13677]). •Synonym of Carapus acus (Brünnich 1768) -- (Markle & Olney 1990:374 [ref. 18996], Markle in Nielsen et al. 1999:12 [ref. 24448]). Current status: Synonym of Carapus acus (Brünnich 1768). Carapidae: Carapinae. Habitat: marine.

dellechiaje, Helmintosomus Cocco [A.] 1840:239 [Il Maurolico, Giornale di Scienze, Lettere e Arti v. 4 (fasc. 6); ref. 23130] Messina, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Original as delle Chiaje. An available name not in current use; apparently family Carapidae. Carapidae: Carapinae. Habitat: marine.

dephilippii, Vexillifer Gasco [F.] 1870:59, Pl. [Bolletino della'Associazione dei Naturalisti e Medici per la mutua istruzione. 1870; ref. 1547] [Napoli] Naples, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Carapus acus (Brünnich 1768) -- (Arnold 1956:263 [ref. 5315], Wheeler 1973:557 [ref. 7190], Markle in Nielsen et al. 1999:13 [ref. 24448]). Current status: Synonym of Carapus acus (Brünnich 1768). Carapidae: Carapinae. Habitat: marine.

dubius, Fierasfer Putnam [F. W.] 1874:344 [Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History v. 16 (for 1873-1874); ref. 18579] Bay of Panama [eastern Pacific]. Lectotype: USNM 153621 [ex MCZ 34037]. Paralectotypes: from Pacific (4, missing): MCZ 12421 (2) and MCZ 34037 (now 0); MCZ 89510 (1, missing), 12424-27 (1, 1, 1, 1), 12430 (1); USNM 153621 [ex MCZ 34037] (1). Markle & Olney 1990:381 [ref. 18996] referred Atlantic syntypes to Carapus bermudensis (Jones 1874) and designated a Pacific syntype as lectotype of dubius. •Valid as Encheliophis dubius (Putnam 1874) -- (Markle & Olney 1990:388 [ref. 18996] with suppression of Fierasfer caninus Günther 1862, Allen & Robertson 1994:76 [ref. 22193], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:94 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:217 [ref. 24023], Markle in Nielsen et al. 1999:16 [ref. 24448], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:163 [ref. 24550], Parmentier et al. 2000:29 [ref. 24936], Echeverry & Polanía 2001:31 [ref. 26212], Nelson et al. 2004:91 [ref. 27807], Randall 2007:121 [ref. 30952], Page et al. 2013:94 [ref. 32708], Palacios-Salgado et al. 2014:237 [ref. 36362]). •Valid as Carapus dubius (Putnam 1874) -- (Arnold 1956:263 [ref. 5315], Parmentier et al. 2000:295 [ref. 26179], Parmentier & Bailly 2002:79 [ref. 26055], Mundy 2005:240 [ref. 28379], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:197 [ref. 28944], Glynn et al. 2008:593 [ref. 29778], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:189 [ref. 30957], Fricke et al. 2018:82 [ref. 35805] as "C. ?dubius", Heemstra 2022:256 [ref. 39704]). Current status: Valid as Carapus dubius (Putnam 1874). Carapidae: Carapinae. Distribution: Central and eastern Pacific: Gulf of California (Mexico) south to Ecuador, reaching Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) as waif. Habitat: marine.

fierasfer, Gymnotus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1800:145, 178 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 2; ref. 2709] Around Marseille, France, western Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:386 (v. 5) [ref. 30473]. •Synonym of Carapus acus (Brünnich 1768) -- (see Sonnini 1803:386 (v. 5) [ref. 30473]). Current status: Synonym of Carapus acus (Brünnich 1768). Carapidae: Carapinae. Habitat: marine.

fierasfer, Ophidium Risso [A.] 1827:212 [Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale v. 3; ref. 3757] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. No tyes known. •Synonym of Carapus acus (Brünnich 1768) -- (Arnold 1956:263 [ref. 5315], Wheeler 1973:557 [ref. 7190], Markle in Nielsen et al. 1999:12 [ref. 24448]). Current status: Synonym of Carapus acus (Brünnich 1768). Carapidae: Carapinae. Habitat: marine.

fluviatilis, Disparichthys Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1935:384, Fig. 31 [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 18 (no. 12); ref. 2109] Brook at Marienberg, about 1/4 mile from Sepik River, New Guinea. Holotype (unique): FMNH 17192. Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:32 [ref. 12367]. •Larval form of a presumed Carapus -- (Markle in Nielsen et al. 1999:12 [ref. 24448]). •Larval form of an Encheliophis -- (Markle in Nielsen et al. 1999:16 [ref. 24448]). Carapidae: Carapinae. Habitat: marine.

fontanesii, Notopterus Risso [A.] 1810:82, Pl. 4 (fig. 11) [Ichthyologie de Nice; ref. 3755] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Synonym of Carapus acus (Brünnich 1768) -- (Arnold 1956:263 [ref. 5315], Wheeler 1973:557 [ref. 7190], Markle in Nielsen et al. 1999:12 [ref. 24448]). Current status: Synonym of Carapus acus (Brünnich 1768). Carapidae: Carapinae. Habitat: marine.

herrei, Disparichthys Schultz [L. P.] 1938:492 [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 28 (no. 11); ref. 10128] Corrientes Bay anchorage, Cuba. Holotype (unique): USNM 107044. •Larval stage of Carapus bermudensis (Jones 1874) -- (Markle in Nielsen et al. 1999:12 [ref. 24448]). Current status: Synonym of Carapus bermudensis (Jones 1874). Carapidae: Carapinae. Habitat: marine.

imberbe, Ophidium Cuvier [G.] 1815:119 [Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (N. S.) (Série A) Zoologie v. 1; ref. 5017] Misidentification, not Ophidium imberbe of Linnaeus. •In the synonymy of Carapus acus (Brünnich 1768) -- (Arnold 1956:263 [ref. 5315], Wheeler 1973:557 [ref. 7190], Trott & Olney in Whitehead et al. 1986:1173 [ref. 13677], Markle in Nielsen et al. 1999:12 [ref. 24448]). Current status: Synonym of Carapus acus (Brünnich 1768). Carapidae: Carapinae.

linearis, Porobronchus Kaup [J. J.] 1860:272-273, Pl. 3 (fig. D) [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3) v. 6 (no. 34) (art. 36); ref. 2582] Messina, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: BMNH 1860.9.1.1 (1). •Synonym of Carapus acus (Brünnich 1768) -- (Arnold 1956:263 [ref. 5315], Markle in Nielsen et al. 1999:13 [ref. 24448]). Current status: Synonym of Carapus acus (Brünnich 1768). Carapidae: Carapinae. Habitat: marine.

lumbricoides, Oxybeles Bleeker [P.] 1854:163 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 7 (no. 1); ref. 16940] Ceram, Indonesia. Original as lumbricoïdes. •Questionably a synonym of Carapus homei Richardson 1846 -- (Arnold 1956:263 [ref. 5315]). •Regarded as a nomen dubium; probably in the synonymy of Carapus mourlani (Petit 1934) -- (Markle & Olney 1990:384 [ref. 18996], Markle in Nielsen et al. 1999:12 [ref. 24448]). Current status: Synonym of Carapus mourlani (Petit 1934). Carapidae: Carapinae. Habitat: marine.

macrurus, Leptofierasfer Meek [S. E.] & Hildebrand [S. F.] 1928:964, Pl. 99 (fig. 1) [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 15 (publ. 249); ref. 2964] Chame Point, (Pacific) Panama. Holotype: USNM 82685. Paratypes: USNM 82684 (2), 85769 (1). •Synonym of Carapus dubius (Putnam 1874) -- (Arnold 1956:270 [ref. 5315]). •Synonym of Encheliophis dubius (Putnam 1874) -- (Markle & Olney 1990:388 [ref. 18996], Markle in Nielsen et al. 1999:17 [ref. 24448]). •Synonym of Carapus dubius (Putnam 1874) -- (recent authors). Current status: Synonym of Carapus dubius (Putnam 1874). Carapidae: Carapinae. Habitat: marine.

maculata, Fierasfer Swainson [W.] 1839:403, Fig. 130b [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Carapus acus (Brünnich 1768) -- (Markle in Nielsen et al. 1999:12 [ref. 24448]). Current status: Synonym of Carapus acus (Brünnich 1768). Carapidae: Carapinae. Habitat: marine.

mayottae, Carapus Smith [J. L. B.] 1955:415, Fig. 8 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12) v. 8 (no. 90) (art. 51); ref. 4099] Vimont, Mayotte, Comores Islands, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-5107 [?= 1882-666]. •Synonym of Carapus mourlani (Petit 1934) -- (Olney & Markle 1986:352 [ref. 5701], Machida 1989:363 [ref. 16609], Markle & Olney 1990:384 [ref. 18996], Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:351 [ref. 21953], Markle in Nielsen et al. 1999:12 [ref. 24448]). Current status: Synonym of Carapus mourlani (Petit 1934). Carapidae: Carapinae. Habitat: marine.

microdon, Fierasfer Gilbert [C. H.] 1905:655, Fig. 254 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 23 (pt 2) [for 1903]; ref. 1631] Between Maui Island and Lanai Island, Hawaiian Islands, Albatross station 3872, depth 32-43 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 51600. •Synonym of Carapus homei (Richardson 1846) -- (Arnold 1956:274 [ref. 5315]). •Synonym of Encheliophis dubius (Putnam 1874) -- (Markle & Olney 1990:388 [ref. 18996], Markle in Nielsen et al. 1999:16 [ref. 24448], Mundy 2005:240 [ref. 28379]). •Synonym of Carapus dubius (Putnam 1874) -- (recent authors). Current status: Synonym of Carapus dubius (Putnam 1874). Carapidae: Carapinae. Habitat: marine.

mourlani, Fierasfer Petit [G.] 1934:393, Fig. 1 [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2) v. 6 (no. 4); ref. 16449] Cannonier's Point, Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean [original from Madagascar, lost]. Neotype: ZMUC. Neotype designated by Markle & Olney 1990:385 [ref. 18996]. •Synonym of Carapus homei (Richardson 1846) -- (Arnold 1956:274 [ref. 5315]). •Valid as Carapus mourlani (Petit 1934) -- (Olney & Markle 1986:352 [ref. 5701], Machida 1989 [ref. 16609], Paxton et al. 1989:320 [ref. 12442], Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:351 [ref. 21953], Myers 1999:65 [ref. 23965], Markle in Nielsen et al. 1999:12 [ref. 24448], Nielsen 1999:1978 [ref. 24753], Nakabo 2000:447 [ref. 25086], Markle in Randall & Lim 2000:596 [ref. 25122], Parmentier et al. 2000:295 [ref. 26179], Randall & Earle 2000:8 [ref. 25806], Nakabo 2002:447 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:25 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:613 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:66 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:240 [ref. 28379], Hoese et al. 2006:552 [ref. 29051], Randall 2007:121 [ref. 30952], Glynn et al. 2008:593 [ref. 29778], Fricke et al. 2011:365 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:126 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:32 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Fricke et al. 2018:82 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:40 [ref. 36273], Matsunuma 2020:4 [ref. 38476], Chacón-Monge et al. 2021:S219 [ref. 38750], Heemstra 2022:257 [ref. 39704]). Current status: Valid as Carapus mourlani (Petit 1934). Carapidae: Carapinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to Wakayama Prefecture (southern Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia; eastern Pacific: Costa Rica south to Ecuador. Habitat: marine.

pindae, Carapus Smith [J. L. B.] 1955:412, Fig. 7 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12) v. 8 (no. 90) (art. 51); ref. 4099] Pinda, Mozambique, 14°10'S, 40°40'E, western Indian Ocean [in a holothurian]. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 334. •Valid as Carapus pindae Smith 1955 -- (Arnold 1956:277 [ref. 5315]). •Synonym of Carapus mourlani (Petit 1934) -- (Olney & Markle 1986:352 [ref. 5701], Machida 1989:363 [ref. 16609], Markle & Olney 1990:384 [ref. 18996], Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:351 [ref. 21953], Markle in Nielsen et al. 1999:12 [ref. 24448]). Current status: Synonym of Carapus mourlani (Petit 1934). Carapidae: Carapinae. Habitat: marine.

punctatum, Ophidium Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:19, Pl. 15 (fig. 4) [Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia; ref. 3594] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Also appeared in Rafinesque 1810:38 [ref. 3595]. •Synonym of Carapus acus (Brünnich 1768) -- (Parenti 2019:113 [ref. 37117]). Current status: Synonym of Carapus acus (Brünnich 1768). Carapidae: Carapinae. Habitat: marine.

recifensis, Carapus Ancona López [A. A.] 1956:390, Fig. 1 [Papéis Avulsos do Departmento de Zoologia, Secretaría da Agricultura, Indústria e Comércio, São Paulo. v. 12 (no. 20); ref. 12209] Praia da Piedade, off Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. No types known. •Synonym of Carapus bermudensis (Jones 1874) -- (Markle & Olney 1990:381 [ref. 18996], Markle in Nielsen et al. 1999:12 [ref. 24448]). Current status: Synonym of Carapus bermudensis (Jones 1874). Carapidae: Carapinae. Habitat: marine.

sluiteri, Fierasfer Weber [M.] 1905:iv [Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging (ser. 2) v. 9, (pt. 2, Verslagen); ref. 19256] Southeast of Timor Island, 8°39.1'S, 127°04.4'E, depth 34 meters. Holotype (unique): ZMA 112679. Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:65 [ref. 19236]. Species is illustrated and described in more detail in Weber 1913:97, Pl. 9 (fig. 8) [ref. 4602]. •Synonym of Carapus homei (Richardson 1846) -- (Arnold 1956:274 [ref. 5315]). •Valid as Carapus sluiteri (Weber 1905) -- (Markle & Olney 1990:383 [ref. 18996], Markle in Nielsen et al. 1999:12 [ref. 24448], Markle in Randall & Lim 2000:596 [ref. 25122], Parmentier et al. 2000:295 [ref. 26179], Parmentier et al. 2006:122 [ref. 28668], Allen & Erdmann 2012:126 [ref. 31980]). Current status: Valid as Carapus sluiteri (Weber 1905). Carapidae: Carapinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Timor [holotype]. Habitat: marine.

tenuis, Encheliophis Putnam [F. W.] 1874:347, Fig. [Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History v. 16 (for 1873-1874); ref. 18579] Messina, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean Sea. Holotype (unique): MCZ 12428 (poor condition). •Synonym of Carapus acus (Brünnich 1768) -- (Arnold 1956:263 [ref. 5315], Markle & Olney 1990:375 [ref. 18996], Markle in Nielsen et al. 1999:12 [ref. 24448]). Current status: Synonym of Carapus acus (Brünnich 1768). Carapidae: Carapinae. Habitat: marine.

variegatus, Carapus Fowler [H. W.] & Steinitz [H.] 1956:286, Fig. 23 [Bulletin of the Research Council of Israel v. 5B (no. 3-4); ref. 1478] Eilat, Israel, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Holotype: ANSP 72145. Paratypes: ANSP 72146 (1), 72147 (1, c&s); HUJ 2065/2 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:34 [ref. 13621], Golani 2006:23 [ref. 28840]. •Valid as Carapus variegatus Fowler & Steinitz 1956 -- (Dor 1984:59 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:15 [ref. 25356]). •In part synonym of Carapus acus (Brünnich 1768) -- (Wheeler 1973:557 [ref. 7190]). •Synonym of Carapus mourlani (Petit 1934) -- (Markle & Olney 1990:384 [ref. 18996], Markle in Nielsen et al. 1999:12 [ref. 24448]). Current status: Synonym of Carapus mourlani (Petit 1934). Carapidae: Carapinae. Habitat: marine.