WoRMS taxon details
Carapus mourlani (Petit, 1934)
217823 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217823)
accepted
Species
Carapus mayottae Smith, 1955 · unaccepted
Carapus pindae Smith, 1955 · unaccepted
Carapus variegatus Fowler & Steinitz, 1956 · unaccepted
Encheliophis mourlani (Petit, 1934) · unaccepted
Fierasfer mourlani Petit, 1934 · unaccepted
Oxybeles lumbricoides Bleeker, 1854 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Fierasfer mourlani Petit, 1934) Petit, G. (1934). Un Fierasfer nouveau de Madagascar. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2).</em> v. 6 (no. 4): 393-397. [details]
Description Found in starfishes and holothurians (Ref. 4104). In Micronesia, it prefers the pincushion starfish @Culcita novaeguinae@...
Description Found in starfishes and holothurians (Ref. 4104). In Micronesia, it prefers the pincushion starfish @Culcita novaeguinae@ for a host. Also known to occur in certain holothurians (@Bohadschia argus, Stichopus@ sp.) on rare occasions (Ref. 1602). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Carapus mourlani (Petit, 1934). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217823 on 2025-08-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Carapus pindae Smith, 1955) Smith, J. L. B. (1955). The fishes of the family Carapidae in the western Indian Ocean. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12).</em> v. 8 (no. 90) (art. 51): 401-416. [details]
original description (of Carapus mayottae Smith, 1955) Smith, J. L. B. (1955). The fishes of the family Carapidae in the western Indian Ocean. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12).</em> v. 8 (no. 90) (art. 51): 401-416. [details]
original description (of Carapus variegatus Fowler & Steinitz, 1956) Fowler, F. W.; Steinitz, H. (1956). Fishes from Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel and Oman. <em>Bulletin of the Research Council of Israel.</em> 5B (3-4): 260-292. [details]
original description (of Fierasfer mourlani Petit, 1934) Petit, G. (1934). Un Fierasfer nouveau de Madagascar. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2).</em> v. 6 (no. 4): 393-397. [details]
original description (of Oxybeles lumbricoides Bleeker, 1854) Bleeker, P. (1854). Iets over Visschen levende in Zeesterren, en over eene nieuwe soort van Oxybeles. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 7 (no. 1): 162-163. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Carapus mayottae Smith, 1955) Smith, J. L. B. (1955). The fishes of the family Carapidae in the western Indian Ocean. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12).</em> v. 8 (no. 90) (art. 51): 401-416. [details]
original description (of Carapus variegatus Fowler & Steinitz, 1956) Fowler, F. W.; Steinitz, H. (1956). Fishes from Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel and Oman. <em>Bulletin of the Research Council of Israel.</em> 5B (3-4): 260-292. [details]
original description (of Fierasfer mourlani Petit, 1934) Petit, G. (1934). Un Fierasfer nouveau de Madagascar. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2).</em> v. 6 (no. 4): 393-397. [details]
original description (of Oxybeles lumbricoides Bleeker, 1854) Bleeker, P. (1854). Iets over Visschen levende in Zeesterren, en over eene nieuwe soort van Oxybeles. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 7 (no. 1): 162-163. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Found in starfishes and holothurians (Ref. 4104). In Micronesia, it prefers the pincushion starfish @Culcita novaeguinae@ for a host. Also known to occur in certain holothurians (@Bohadschia argus, Stichopus@ sp.) on rare occasions (Ref. 1602). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | カザリカクレウオ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carapus mayottae Smith, 1955)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carapus variegatus Fowler & Steinitz, 1956)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Fierasfer mourlani Petit, 1934)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Carapus pindae Smith, 1955)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Oxybeles lumbricoides Bleeker, 1854)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carapus mourlani)
To FishBase (from synonym Carapus mayottae Smith, 1955)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Carapus pindae Smith, 1955)
To FishBase (from synonym Encheliophis mourlani (Petit, 1934))
To FishBase (from synonym Fierasfer mourlani Petit, 1934)
To FishBase (from synonym Carapus variegatus Fowler & Steinitz, 1956)
To FishBase (from synonym Oxybeles lumbricoides Bleeker, 1854)
To FishBase images (Carapus mourlani, Hawaii, by Randall, J.E.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 32 proteins)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Fierasfer mourlani Petit, 1934)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Carapus mourlani FIN027577 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Carapus mourlani FIN027578 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carapus mayottae Smith, 1955)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carapus variegatus Fowler & Steinitz, 1956)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Fierasfer mourlani Petit, 1934)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Carapus pindae Smith, 1955)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Oxybeles lumbricoides Bleeker, 1854)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carapus mourlani)
To FishBase (from synonym Carapus mayottae Smith, 1955)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Carapus pindae Smith, 1955)
To FishBase (from synonym Encheliophis mourlani (Petit, 1934))
To FishBase (from synonym Fierasfer mourlani Petit, 1934)
To FishBase (from synonym Carapus variegatus Fowler & Steinitz, 1956)
To FishBase (from synonym Oxybeles lumbricoides Bleeker, 1854)
To FishBase images (Carapus mourlani, Hawaii, by Randall, J.E.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 32 proteins)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Fierasfer mourlani Petit, 1934)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Carapus mourlani FIN027577 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Carapus mourlani FIN027578 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
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