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Catalog of Fishes

Species that contain: Carapus and acus [ 12 ] 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.


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