Carapus Explained

Carapus is a genus of pearlfishes, with these currently recognized species:

The Carapus (or pearlfish) belongs to the Carapidae family and are described as eel-like fishes.^[1] This particular organism is considered parasitic due to the fact that it lives inside different invertebrates. These invertebrates include holothurians, sea stars, and bivalves. The Carapus live in connection with several species of sea cucumbers and starfish.^[2]

• Carapus acus (Brünnich, 1768) (pearlfish)
• Carapus bermudensis (J. M. Jones, 1874) (Atlantic pearlfish)
• Carapus dubius (Putnam, 1874) (Pacific pearlfish)
• Carapus mourlani (Petit, 1934) (star pearlfish)
• Carapus sluiteri (M. C. W. Weber, 1905)

Notes and References

1. Orphal . Colleye . Christophe . Brié . Emmanuel . Malpot . Pierre . Vandewalle . Eric . Parmentier . March 2008 . Temporal variability of settlement in Carapidae larvae at Rangiroa atoll . Environmental Biology of Fishes . en . 81 . 3 . 277–285 . 10.1007/s10641-007-9199-4 . 0378-1909.
2. Enajjar . Samira . Bradai . Mohamed Nejemeddine . 2016-04-12 . First Record of Carapus acus (Osteichthyes: Carapidae) in the Gulf of Gabès (southern Tunisia, central Mediterranean Sea) . Marine Biodiversity Records . 9 . 1 . 7 . 10.1186/s41200-016-0015-8 . 1755-2672. free .