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Family: Callipallenidae (See list of species below)

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134 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Anoropallene laysani []	No picture found Anoropallene palpida []	No picture found Anoropallene valida []
No picture found Austropallene brachyura []	No picture found Austropallene bucera []	No picture found Austropallene calmani []
Austropallene cornigera []	No picture found Austropallene cristata []	No picture found Austropallene gracilipes []
No picture found Austropallene spinicornis []	No picture found Austropallene tcherniae []	No picture found Austropallene tenuicornis []
No picture found Austropallene tibicina []	No picture found Bradypallene espina []	No picture found Callipallene acribica []
No picture found Callipallene acus []	No picture found Callipallene africana []	No picture found Callipallene amaxana []
No picture found Callipallene belizae []	No picture found Callipallene brevirostris []	No picture found Callipallene bullata []
No picture found Callipallene californiensis []	No picture found Callipallene conirostris []	No picture found Callipallene cuspidata []
No picture found Callipallene dubiosa []	No picture found Callipallene emaciata []	No picture found Callipallene ersei []
No picture found Callipallene evelinae []	No picture found Callipallene fallax []	No picture found Callipallene gabriellae []
No picture found Callipallene longicoxa []	No picture found Callipallene margarita []	No picture found Callipallene novaezealandiae []
No picture found Callipallene panamensis []	No picture found Callipallene pectinata []	No picture found Callipallene phantoma []
No picture found Callipallene producta []	No picture found Callipallene sagamiensis []	No picture found Callipallene seychellensis []
No picture found Callipallene spectrum []	No picture found Callipallene tiberi []	No picture found Callipallene tridens []
No picture found Callipallene vexator []	No picture found Cheilopallene brevichela []	No picture found Cheilopallene clavigera []
No picture found Cheilopallene coralliophila []	No picture found Cheilopallene gigantea []	No picture found Cheilopallene hirta []
No picture found Cheilopallene nodulosa []	No picture found Cheilopallene trappa []	No picture found Clavigeropallene spicata []
No picture found Cordylochele malleolata []	No picture found Decachela discata []	No picture found Decachela dogieli []
No picture found Hannonia echinata []	No picture found Hannonia spinipes []	No picture found Hannonia stocki []
No picture found Mimipallene atlantis []	No picture found Neopallene antipoda []	No picture found Neopallene azorensis []
No picture found Neopallene campanellae []	No picture found Oropallene dimorpha []	No picture found Oropallene dolichodera []
No picture found Oropallene metacaula []	No picture found Oropallene minor []	No picture found Oropallene polaris []
No picture found Pallenella laevis []	No picture found Pallenoides amazonica []	No picture found Pallenoides magnicollis []
No picture found Pallenoides opuntia []	No picture found Pallenoides proboscideum []	No picture found Pallenoides spinulosa []
No picture found Pallenoides stylirostrum []	No picture found Pallenopsis latus []	No picture found Parapallene algoae []
No picture found Parapallene arnaudae []	No picture found Parapallene australiensis []	No picture found Parapallene avida []
No picture found Parapallene bermudensis []	No picture found Parapallene calmani []	No picture found Parapallene capillata []
No picture found Parapallene challengeri []	No picture found Parapallene exigua []	No picture found Parapallene famelica []
No picture found Parapallene haddoni []	No picture found Parapallene hodgsoni []	No picture found Parapallene hospitalis []
No picture found Parapallene invertichelata []	No picture found Parapallene longipes []	No picture found Parapallene nierstraszi []
No picture found Parapallene obtusirostris []	No picture found Parapallene parviunguicularis []	No picture found Parapallene spinosa []
No picture found Parapallene virgosa []	No picture found Pigrogromitus timsanus []	No picture found Propallene ardua []
No picture found Propallene crassimanus []	No picture found Propallene crinipes []	No picture found Propallene curtipalpus []
No picture found Propallene cyathus []	No picture found Propallene longiceps []	No picture found Propallene saengeri []
No picture found Propallene similis []	No picture found Propallene stocki []	No picture found Propallene vagus []
No picture found Pseudopallene ambigua []	No picture found Pseudopallene brevicollis []	No picture found Pseudopallene centrotus []
No picture found Pseudopallene circularis []	No picture found Pseudopallene gilchristi []	No picture found Pseudopallene glutus []
No picture found Pseudopallene longicollis []	No picture found Pseudopallene pachycheira []	No picture found Pseudopallene pacifica []
No picture found Pseudopallene sluta []	No picture found Pseudopallene spinipes []	No picture found Pseudopallene zamboangae []
No picture found Pycnothea flynni []	No picture found Pycnothea selkirkii []	No picture found Queubus jamesanus []
No picture found Safropallene longimana []	No picture found Seguapallene aculeata []	No picture found Seguapallene crassa []
No picture found Seguapallene echinata []	No picture found Seguapallene insignata []	No picture found Seguapallene micronesica []
No picture found Seguapallene tricuspidata []	No picture found Spasmopallene clarki []	No picture found Spasmopallene dubia []
No picture found Spasmopallene reflexa []	No picture found Stylopallene cheilorhynchus []	No picture found Stylopallene dorsospinum []
No picture found Stylopallene longicauda []	No picture found Stylopallene tubirostrum []

134 Species of Family Callipallenidae
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Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Anoropallene laysani	Pacific Ocean
Anoropallene palpida	Eastern Pacific
Anoropallene valida	Southwest Pacific
Austropallene brachyura	Antarctic.
Austropallene bucera	Southwest Atlantic and th
Austropallene calmani	Southwest Pacific and the
Austropallene cornigera	Antarctic.
Austropallene cristata	Southwest Pacific and Ant
Austropallene gracilipes	Antarctic
Austropallene spinicornis	Southwest Atlantic
Austropallene tcherniae	The Antarctic
Austropallene tenuicornis	Antarctic Pacific
Austropallene tibicina	Southwest Pacific and the
Bradypallene espina	Northwest Pacific
Callipallene acribica	Mediterranean (Adriatic S
Callipallene acus	Northern Atlantic
Callipallene africana	Western Indian Ocean
Callipallene amaxana	Western Pacific
Callipallene belizae	Western Central Atlantic
Callipallene brevirostris	Western Central Pacific,
Callipallene bullata	Northwest Pacific
Callipallene californiensis	Eastern Pacific
Callipallene conirostris	Northwest Pacific
Callipallene cuspidata	Northwest Pacific
Callipallene dubiosa	Indo-West Pacific.
Callipallene emaciata	Western Central Atlantic,
Callipallene ersei	Western Central Pacific
Callipallene evelinae	Southwest Atlantic
Callipallene fallax	Indo-West Pacific
Callipallene gabriellae	Southwest Atlantic
Callipallene longicoxa	Western Central Atlantic
Callipallene margarita	Southeast Pacific, Southw
Callipallene novaezealandiae	Western Central Pacific
Callipallene panamensis	Pacific Ocean
Callipallene pectinata	Indian Ocean.
Callipallene phantoma	Northwest Pacific; Atlant
Callipallene producta	Mediterranean and Atlanti
Callipallene sagamiensis	Northwest Pacific
Callipallene seychellensis	Western Indian Ocean
Callipallene spectrum	Northeast Atlantic and Me
Callipallene tiberi	Northeast Atlantic and Me
Callipallene tridens	Northwest Pacific	0.3 LS
Callipallene vexator	Western Indian Ocean
Cheilopallene brevichela	Western Indian Ocean
Cheilopallene clavigera	Western Central Atlantic
Cheilopallene coralliophila	Central Indo-West Pacific
Cheilopallene gigantea	Antarctic Atlantic
Cheilopallene hirta	Indo-West Pacific
Cheilopallene nodulosa	Western Pacific
Cheilopallene trappa	Southwest Pacific
Clavigeropallene spicata	Antarctic Atlantic
Cordylochele malleolata	Northern Pacific, Northea
Decachela discata	Western Atlantic and Paci
Decachela dogieli	Northwest Pacific
Hannonia echinata	Northeast Atlantic
Hannonia spinipes	Western Indian Ocean
Hannonia stocki	Eastern Atlantic
Mimipallene atlantis	Southwest Atlantic
Neopallene antipoda	Southwest Pacific
Neopallene azorensis	Northeast Atlantic
Neopallene campanellae	Eastern Atlantic and Medi
Oropallene dimorpha	Antarctic, Southwest Paci
Oropallene dolichodera	Southwest Pacific	2.1 LS
Oropallene metacaula	Southwest Pacific
Oropallene minor	Indo-West Pacific
Oropallene polaris	Arctic Ocean
Pallenella laevis	Eastern Indian Ocean
Pallenoides amazonica	Southwest Atlantic
Pallenoides magnicollis	Southeast Atlantic
Pallenoides opuntia	Western Indian Ocean
Pallenoides proboscideum	Western Indian Ocean
Pallenoides spinulosa	Western Central Atlantic
Pallenoides stylirostrum	Eastern Indian Ocean
Pallenopsis latus	Southwest Pacific to Sub	12.2 LS
Parapallene algoae	Western Indian Ocean (Agu
Parapallene arnaudae	Indo-West Pacific.
Parapallene australiensis	Indo-West Pacific
Parapallene avida	Indo-West Pacific
Parapallene bermudensis	Western Central Atlantic
Parapallene calmani	Western Indian Ocean
Parapallene capillata	Western Central Pacific.
Parapallene challengeri	Eastern Indian Ocean
Parapallene exigua	Southwest Pacific
Parapallene famelica	Indo-West Pacific
Parapallene haddoni	Indo-West Pacific.
Parapallene hodgsoni	Western Indian Ocean
Parapallene hospitalis	Central Indo-West Pacific
Parapallene invertichelata	Western Indian Ocean
Parapallene longipes	Western Indian Ocean
Parapallene nierstraszi	Indo-West Pacific.
Parapallene obtusirostris	Eastern Indian Ocean
Parapallene parviunguicularis	Western Central Atlantic
Parapallene spinosa	Western Indian Ocean
Parapallene virgosa	Northwest Pacific
Pigrogromitus timsanus	Western Central Atlantic,
Propallene ardua	Western Indian Ocean
Propallene crassimanus	Southeast Atlantic
Propallene crinipes	Indo-West Pacific
Propallene curtipalpus	Indo-West Pacific.	0.5 LS
Propallene cyathus	Indo-West Pacific
Propallene longiceps	Indo-Malayan region in co
Propallene saengeri	Pacific Ocean
Propallene similis	Western Indian Ocean
Propallene stocki	Eastern Atlantic
Propallene vagus	Eastern Indian Ocean
Pseudopallene ambigua	Indo-West Pacific
Pseudopallene brevicollis	Arctic Ocean
Pseudopallene centrotus	Antarctic Atlantic
Pseudopallene circularis	Pacific and Arctic Ocean
Pseudopallene gilchristi	Western Indian Ocean
Pseudopallene glutus	Antarctic Indian Ocean
Pseudopallene longicollis	Northern Atlantic
Pseudopallene pachycheira	Indo-West Pacific
Pseudopallene pacifica	Northwest Pacific
Pseudopallene sluta	Antarctic Pacific
Pseudopallene spinipes	Northeast Atlantic and th
Pseudopallene zamboangae	Central Indo-West Pacific
Pycnothea flynni	Indo-West Pacific
Pycnothea selkirkii	Southeast Pacific
Queubus jamesanus	Western Indian Ocean
Safropallene longimana	Western Indian Ocean
Seguapallene aculeata	Indo-West Pacific
Seguapallene crassa	Western Central Pacific
Seguapallene echinata	Western Atlantic and Indi
Seguapallene insignata	Western and Antarctic Ind
Seguapallene micronesica	Western Central Pacific
Seguapallene tricuspidata	Indo-West Pacific
Spasmopallene clarki	Eastern Indian Ocean
Spasmopallene dubia	Indo-West Pacific
Spasmopallene reflexa	Eastern Indian Ocean
Stylopallene cheilorhynchus	Eastern Indian Ocean
Stylopallene dorsospinum	Eastern Indian Ocean
Stylopallene longicauda	Eastern Indian Ocean
Stylopallene tubirostrum	Eastern Indian Ocean

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