Carapus acus Brünnich, 1768
Synonyms:
Fierasfer imberbis or Carapus imberbis auct. (not Linnaeus).
Gymnotus acus Brünnich, 1768, Ichthyologia Massiliensis: 13 (Marseille).
Notopterus Fontanesii Risso, 1810, Ichthyologie de Nice: 82, pl. IV (fig. 11) (Nice). Type: lost.
Ophidium imberbe (non Linnaeus): Cuvier, 1815a, Mém. Mus. Hist. nat., Paris, 1: 119.
Ophidium fierasfer Risso, 1826, Hist. nat. Europe. mérid., 3: 212 (Nice, AlpesMaritimes).
Fierasfer fontanesii: Costa, 1829-1857, 1829: pl. 20bis.
Diaphasia acus: Lowe, 1843: 92.
Vexillifer dephilippii Gasco, 1870, Bull. Ass. Nat. Med. Napoli, 1870: 59.
Fierasfer acus: Canestrini, 1871-1872, 1872: 191 | Soljan, 1948: 122 (fig.).
Fierasfer imberbis: Moreau, 1881-1891, 1881, 3: 226 | Albuquerque, 1954-1956: 829.
Carapus imberbis Nobre, 1935: 517 | Dollfus, 1955: 172 | Lozano Rey, 1960: 288, fig. 110.
Carapus acus: Padoa, 1947: 111 | Dieuzeide et al., 1955: 212 | Arnold, 1956: 263 fig. 6 | Padoa, 1956b: 763 | Poljakov et. al., 1958: 170 | Luther and Fiedler, 1961: 83 fig. 10 | Bini, 1967-1972, 1969, 7: 33, col. fig.
Carapus variegatus Fowler and Steinitz, 1956: 286 (part.).
Common names:
aurin [France and Belgium]
galiotto [Italy]
Nadelfisch [Germany]
pearl fish [UK and USA]
rubioca [Spain]