Species that contain: Encheliophis and homei [ 5 ] records

affinis, Fierasfer Günther [A.] 1862:381 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] No locality. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1952.10.30.1. •Synonym of Carapus homei (Richardson 1846) -- (Arnold 1956:263 [ref. 5315]). •Synonym of Encheliophis homei (Richardson 1846) -- (Markle in Nielsen et al. 1999:16 [ref. 24448]). Current status: Synonym of Encheliophis homei (Richardson 1846). Carapidae: Carapinae. Habitat: marine.

brandesii, Oxybelus Bleeker [P.] 1851:278, Pl. (fig. 1) [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 1 (no. 3); ref. 12505] Banda Islands, Indonesia. •Synonym of Carapus homei (Richardson 1846) -- (Arnold 1956:263 [ref. 5315]). •Synonym of Encheliophis homei (Richardson 1846) -- (Markle in Nielsen et al. 1999:17 [ref. 24448]). Current status: Synonym of Encheliophis homei (Richardson 1846). Carapidae: Carapinae. Habitat: marine.

homei, Oxybeles Richardson [J.] 1846:74, Pl. 44 (figs. 7-18) [Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror v. 2 (2); ref. 3740] Timor Island, southern Malay Archipelago or Tasmania, Australia [is Timor, Timor Sea, eastern Indian Ocean]. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1952.10.30.3. •Valid as Carapus homei (Richardson 1846) -- (Arnold 1956:263 [ref. 5315], Dor 1984:59 [ref. 29757], Machida in Masuda et al. 1984:99 [ref. 6441], Olney & Markle 1986:352 [ref. 5701], Shen & Yeh 1987:50 [ref. 6418], Paxton et al. 1989:320 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:14 [ref. 13251], Kuiter 1993:63 [ref. 23929], Goren & Dor 1994:15 [ref. 25356], Fricke 1999:101 [ref. 24106], Parmentier & Bailly 2002:79 [ref. 26055], Randall et al. 2004:8 [ref. 27624] with date 1844, Parmentier et al. 2006:122 [ref. 28668], Heemstra 2022:256 [ref. 39704]). •Valid as Encheliophis homei (Richardson 1846) -- (Markle & Olney 1990:390 [ref. 18996], Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:352 [ref. 21953], Parmentier et al. 1999:135 [ref. 23955], Myers 1999:65 [ref. 23965], Markle in Nielsen et al. 1999:16 [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], Hutchins 2001:23 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:447 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:25 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:613 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:67 [ref. 28239], Hoese et al. 2006:553 [ref. 29051], Fricke et al. 2009:27 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2011:366 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:127 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:251 [ref. 32706], Yoshida et al. 2013:50 [ref. 34464], Fricke et al. 2014:32 [ref. 33932], Motomura et al. 2017:55 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:82 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:40 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:70 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Encheliophis homei (Richardson 1846). Carapidae: Carapinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Society Islands and Gambier Islands (French Polynesia), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. 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.

neglectum, Fierasfer Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1855:451 [Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1855; ref. 3449] Ibo Island, Mozambique, 12°S. Also described as new in Peters 1855:260 [ref. 13448]. •Synonym of Carapus homei (Richardson 1846) -- (Arnold 1956:263 [ref. 5315], Olney & Markle 1986:352 [ref. 5701], Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:352 [ref. 21953], Markle in Nielsen et al. 1999:16 [ref. 24448]). •Synonym of Encheliophis homei (Richardson 1846). Current status: Synonym of Encheliophis homei (Richardson 1846). Carapidae: Carapinae. Habitat: marine.