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Family: Heteralepadidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Heteralepas cantelli []	No picture found Heteralepas cornuta []	No picture found Heteralepas gigas []
No picture found Heteralepas japonica []	No picture found Heteralepas lankesteri []	No picture found Heteralepas microstoma []
No picture found Heteralepas segonzaci []	No picture found Heteralepas smilius []	No picture found Heteralepas utinomii []
No picture found Koleolepas avis []	No picture found Paralepas dannevigi []	No picture found Paralepas distincta []
No picture found Paralepas georgei []	No picture found Paralepas laxus []	No picture found Paralepas lithotryae []
No picture found Paralepas malaysiana []	No picture found Paralepas martini []	No picture found Paralepas minuta []
No picture found Paralepas morula []	No picture found Paralepas nodulosa []	No picture found Paralepas quadrata []
No picture found Paralepas robusta []	No picture found Paralepas scutiger []

23 Species of Family Heteralepadidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Heteralepas cantelli		Western Central Pacific
Heteralepas cornuta		Circumglobal.
Heteralepas gigas		Western Central Pacific
Heteralepas japonica		Indo-West Pacific.
Heteralepas lankesteri		Southwest Atlantic
Heteralepas microstoma		Eastern Atlantic
Heteralepas segonzaci		Northeast Atlantic.
Heteralepas smilius		Western Pacific
Heteralepas utinomii		Indo-West Pacific
Koleolepas avis		Northwest Pacific
Paralepas dannevigi		Western Pacific
Paralepas distincta		Northwest Pacific
Paralepas georgei		Western Indian Ocean
Paralepas laxus		Western Central Pacific
Paralepas lithotryae		Indo-West Pacific
Paralepas malaysiana		Western Central Pacific
Paralepas martini		Southwest Atlantic
Paralepas minuta		Mediterranean Sea and Wes
Paralepas morula		Western Pacific
Paralepas nodulosa		Indo-West Pacific
Paralepas quadrata		Indo-West Pacific.
Paralepas robusta		Western Central Pacific
Paralepas scutiger		Western Pacific

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