| Carapinae | |
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| A pinhead pearlfish, Encheliophis boraborensis, at Kaltim, Indonesia - night dive | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Carapidae |
| Subfamily: | Carapinae Poey, 1867 |
Carapinae is a subfamily of pearlfishes, of the family Carapidae. The subfamily consists of four genera:
- Carapus Rafinesque, 1810
- Echiodon Thompson, 1837
- Encheliophis Müller, 1842
- Onuxodon J.L.B. Smith, 1955
References
- Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230.
- "Carapus". FishBase. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Carapinae | |