| Species name | Common name | Distribution | Max. Length (cm) | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Cymothoa catarinensis Thatcher, Loyola e Silva, Jost & Souza-Conceiçao, 2003 | Brazil | ||
| Cymothoa excisa Perty, 1833 | Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Cymothoa hermani Hadfield, Bruce & Smit, 2011 | Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Cymothoa indica Schioedte & Meinert, 1884 | Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Cymothoa oestrum (Linnaeus, 1758) | Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Cymothoa recifea Thatcher & Fonseca, 2005 | Brazil | ||
| Cymothoa spinipalpa Thatcher, de Araújo, de Lima & Chellapa, 2007 | Southwest Atlantic |