Carapus bermudensis

Author
Jones, 1874
Common Names
  • Pearlfish

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
235 meters
Overall Geographic Range
North Carolina to central Brazil
Habitat-Biology
  • demersal
  • epibiotic
  • sym
References

  • Dawson, C. E. 1971b. Records of the pearlfish, Carapus bermudensis, in the northern Gulf of Mexico and of a new host species. Copeia 1971: 730–731.

  • Markle, D. F., and J. E. Olney. 1990. Systematics of the pearlfishes (Pisces: Carapidae). Bulletin of Marine Science 47: 269–410.

  • McEachran, J. D., and J. D. Fechhelm. 1998. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Volume 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas. 1112 p.

  • Olney, J. E. 2002f. Carapidae. Pp. 963–964 in K. E. Carpenter, ed. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 2. Bony fishes part 1 (Acipenseridae to Grammatidae). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. FAO, Rome.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-10-2024.

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