Carapinae

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Carapinae
EncheliophBoraborensorangkucing.jpg
A pinhead pearlfish, Encheliophis boraborensis, at Kaltim, Indonesia - night dive
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Carapidae
Subfamily: Carapinae
Poey, 1867[1]

Carapinae is a subfamily of pearlfishes, of the family Carapidae. The subfamily consists of four genera:[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230.
  2. ^ "Carapus". FishBase. Retrieved 8 July 2018.


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