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33 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)
Scientific Name
English Name
Distribution
Max. Length (cm)
Anas crecca
Eurasian teal
Pacific, Indian, Atlantic
38 TL
Anas eatoni
Antarctic Indian Ocean
Anas penelope
Eurasian wigeon
Northeast Atlantic and We
Anas platyrhynchos
Mallard
Arctic, Northern Atlantic
Anser anser
Greylag goose
Indo-West Pacific, Easter
Anser brachyrhynchus
Northeast Atlantic.
Anser erythropus
Western Indian Ocean
Anser fabalis
Northeast Atlantic, North
Aythya marila
Greater scaup
Arctic, Northern Pacific,
Aythya nyroca
Western Indian Ocean
Branta bernicla
Brant
Northern Atlantic, Northe
Branta ruficollis
Arctic
Bucephala albeola
Bufflehead
Western Atlantic and Nor
39 TL
Bucephala clangula
Common goldeneye
Arctic, Eastern Pacific a
49 TL
Bucephala islandica
Barrow's goldeneye
Arctic, Eastern Pacific a
Clangula hyemalis
Long-tailed duck
Pacific Ocean and Norther
51 TL
Histrionicus histrionicus
Harlequin duck
Northeast Pacific, Northe
46 TL
Melanitta americana
American scoter
Atlantic Ocean, Pacific O
Melanitta deglandi
White-winged scoter
Atlantic Ocean, Pacific O
Melanitta fusca
Velvet scoter
Inland Asia, the Mediterr
59 TL
Melanitta nigra
Black scoter
Arctic and Eastern Atlant
Melanitta perspicillata
Surf scoter
Arctic, Eastern Pacific a
54 TL
Mergus merganser
Common merganser
Northern Pacific, Norther
Mergus serrator
Red-breasted merganser
Arctic, Northern Pacific
Netta rufina
Red-crested Pochard
Asia
Polysticta stelleri
Steller's eider
Northern Pacific, Northea
Somateria fischeri
Spectacled eider
Arctic
Somateria mollissima
Common eider
Northern Pacific, Norther
Somateria spectabilis
King eider
Northeast Pacific, Northe
Tachyeres brachypterus
Falkland steamerduck
Southwest Atlantic
Tachyeres leucocephalus
Chubut steamerduck
Endemic to the southern c
Tachyeres patachonicus
Flying steamerduck
Southeast Pacific and Sou
Tachyeres pteneres
Flightless steamerduck
Southwest Atlantic and So