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.