Carapinae
A pinhead pearlfish, Encheliophis boraborensis, at Kaltim, Indonesia - night dive
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Ophidiiformes
Family:	Carapidae
Subfamily:	Carapinae Poey, 1867[1]

Carapinae is a subfamily of pearlfishes, of the family Carapidae. The subfamily consists of four genera:^[2]

• Carapus Rafinesque, 1810
• Echiodon Thompson, 1837
• Encheliophis Müller, 1842
• Onuxodon J.L.B. Smith, 1955