Subfamily Carapinae Jordan and Fowler 1902 (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Ophidiiformes - Carapidae
Parent taxon: Carapidae according to E. Steurbaut 1984
Sister taxa: Carapus, Echiodon, Encheliophis, Eurypleuron, Fierasferoides, Jordanicus, Onuxodon, Paracarapus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Carapinae in the database