Eurypleuron

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Eurypleuron | authority = Markle & Olney, 1990 | type_species = ''Carapus owasianus'' | type_species_authority = Matsubara, 1953<ref name=CoF/><ref name = FAO>{{cite book | author1 = Jørgen G. Nielsen | author2 = Daniel M. Cohen | author3 = Douglas F. Markle | author4 = C. Richard Robins | name-list-style = amp | year = 1999 | title = Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date | series = FAO Species Catalogues | volume = 18 | publisher = Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | place = Rome |url=https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/x3930e | isbn = 92-5-104375-2}}</ref> }}

'''''Eurypleuron''''' is a genus of pearlfishes, family Carapidae.<ref name=CoF/><ref name=FishBase/> They are moderately sized fishes reaching {{cvt|22-24|cm}} total length. They are found in the Southern Indian and Pacific Oceans.<ref name=FishBase/>

==Species== There are currently two recognized species:<ref name=FishBase>{{FishBase genus | genus = Eurypleuron| month = April | year = 2025}}</ref> * ''Eurypleuron cinereum'' <small>(J. L. B. Smith, 1955)</small> * ''Eurypleuron owasianum'' <small>(Matsubara, 1953)</small> (eel pearlfish)

The Catalog of Fishes considers ''Eurypleuron cinereum'' a synonym of ''Eurypleuron owasianum'',<ref>{{Cof record |spid=26518 |title=''Carapus cinereus'' |access-date=17 November 2025 }}</ref> rendering the genus monotypic.

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=CoF>{{Cof record |genid=10219 |title=''Eurypleuron'' |access-date=17 November 2025 }}</ref> }}

Category:Carapidae Category:Marine fish genera Category:Actinopterygii genera