Carapidae

Pearlfishes

38 species

1. 1Carapus acus (Brünnich, 1768) · Pearl fishocean · subtropical
2. 2Carapus bermudensis (Jones, 1874) · Pearlfishocean · tropical · reef
3. 3Carapus dubius (Putnam, 1874) · Pacific pearlfishocean · tropical
4. 4Carapus mourlani (Petit, 1934) · Star pearlfishocean · tropical · reef
5. 5Carapus sluiteri (Weber, 1905) · Sluiter's pearlfishocean · tropical
6. 6Echiodon anchipterus Williams, 1984 · Closefin pearlfishocean · subtropical
7. 7Echiodon atopus Anderson, 2005ocean · subtropical
8. 8Echiodon coheni Williams, 1984ocean · tropical
9. 9Echiodon cryomargarites Markle, Williams & Olney, 1983 · Messmateocean · deep-water
10. 10Echiodon dawsoni Williams & Shipp, 1982 · Chain pearlfishocean · tropical
11. 11Echiodon dentatus (Cuvier, 1829)ocean · subtropical
12. 12Echiodon drummondii Thompson, 1837ocean · deep-water
13. 13Echiodon exsilium Rosenblatt, 1961 · Nocturnal pearlfishocean · tropical
14. 14Echiodon neotes Markle & Olney, 1990ocean · deep-water
15. 15Echiodon pegasus Markle & Olney, 1990ocean · subtropical
16. 16Echiodon prionodon Parmentier, 2012ocean · temperate
17. 17Echiodon pukaki Markle & Olney, 1990ocean · deep-water
18. 18Echiodon rendahli (Whitley, 1941) · Messmate fishocean · temperate
19. 19Encheliophis boraborensis (Kaup, 1856) · Pinhead pearlfishocean · tropical
20. 20Encheliophis chardewalli Parmentier, 2004ocean · tropical
21. 21Encheliophis gracilis (Bleeker, 1856) · Graceful pearlfishocean · tropical · reef
22. 22Encheliophis homei (Richardson, 1846) · Silver pearlfishocean · tropical · reef
23. 23Encheliophis sagamianus (Tanaka, 1908)ocean · deep-water
24. 24Encheliophis vermicularis Müller, 1842 · Worm pearlfishocean · tropical · reef
25. 25Encheliophis vermiops Markle & Olney, 1990 · Pygmy pearlfishocean · tropical
26. 26Eurypleuron cinereum (Smith, 1955)ocean · temperate
27. 27Eurypleuron owasianum (Matsubara, 1953) · Eel pearlfishocean · deep-water
28. 28Hypopleuron caninum Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 · Whiptail cuskocean · deep-water
29. 29Onuxodon albometeori Koeda, 2019 · White pearlfishocean · subtropical · reef
30. 30Onuxodon fowleri (Smith, 1955) · Fowler's pearlfishocean · tropical · reef
31. 31Onuxodon margaritiferae (Rendahl, 1921) · Bivalve pearlfishocean · tropical · reef
32. 32Onuxodon parvibrachium (Fowler, 1927) · Oyster pearlfishocean · subtropical
33. 33Pyramodon lindas Markle & Olney, 1990 · Blackedge pearlfishocean · deep-water
34. 34Pyramodon parini Markle & Olney, 1990ocean · deep-water
35. 35Pyramodon punctatus (Regan, 1914) · Dogtooth pearlfishocean · temperate
36. 36Pyramodon ventralis Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 · Pallid pearlfishocean · deep-water
37. 37Snyderidia canina Gilbert, 1905ocean · deep-water
38. 38Tetragondacnus spilotus Anderson & Satria, 2007ocean · tropical

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.