Species that contain: Carapus and bermudensis [ 5 ] records

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], Page et al. 2023:110 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:264 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Carapus bermudensis (Jones 1874). Carapidae: Carapinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda and North Carolina (U.S.A.) south to Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. 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.

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], Fourrière et al. 2016:Suppl. p. 5 [ref. 42488], Fricke et al. 2018:82 [ref. 35805] as "C. ?dubius", Heemstra 2022:256 [ref. 39704], Page et al. 2023:110 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:264 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Carapus dubius (Putnam 1874). Carapidae: Carapinae. Distribution: Central and eastern Pacific: Gulf of California (Mexico) south to Ecuador, including Cocos Island (Costa Rica); reaching Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) as waif. IUCN (2010): Data Deficient. 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.

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.