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Family: Opecoelidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Allopodocotyle serrani []	No picture found Caudotestis opisthorchis []	No picture found Coitocaecum banneri []
No picture found Coitocaecum norae []	No picture found Dactylostomum caballeroi []	No picture found Hamacreadium diacopae []
No picture found Hamacreadium mutabile []	No picture found Helicometra fasciata []	No picture found Neopodocotyloides sinusaccus []
No picture found Opecoelus kuhliae []	No picture found Opegaster bothi []	No picture found Opegaster dactylopteri []
No picture found Opegaster dendrochiri []	No picture found Opegaster dermatogenyos []	No picture found Opegaster hawaiiensis []
No picture found Opegaster iniistii []	No picture found Orthodena tropica []	No picture found Pacificreadium serrani []
No picture found Podocotyle atomon []	No picture found Podocotyle reflexa []	No picture found Polypipapiliotrema citerovarium []
No picture found Polypipapiliotrema hadrometra []	No picture found Polypipapiliotrema heniochi []	No picture found Polypipapiliotrema ovatheculum []
No picture found Pseudoplagioporus interruptus []	No picture found Pseudoplagioporus lethrini []

26 Species of Family Opecoelidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Allopodocotyle serrani		Western Central Pacific
Caudotestis opisthorchis		Northeast Pacific and Nor
Coitocaecum banneri		Eastern Central Pacific
Coitocaecum norae		Eastern Central Pacific
Dactylostomum caballeroi		Eastern Central Pacific
Hamacreadium diacopae		Western Central Pacific
Hamacreadium mutabile		Pacific Ocean
Helicometra fasciata		Pacific Ocean
Neopodocotyloides sinusaccus		Northeast Pacific
Opecoelus kuhliae		Eastern Central Pacific
Opegaster bothi		Eastern Central Pacific
Opegaster dactylopteri		Eastern Central Pacific
Opegaster dendrochiri		Eastern Central Pacific
Opegaster dermatogenyos		Eastern Central Pacific
Opegaster hawaiiensis		Eastern Central Pacific
Opegaster iniistii		Eastern Central Pacific
Orthodena tropica		Western Central Pacific
Pacificreadium serrani		Western Central Pacific
Podocotyle atomon		Arctic and Northeast Paci
Podocotyle reflexa		Northern Atlantic and the
Polypipapiliotrema citerovarium		Eastern Central Pacific
Polypipapiliotrema hadrometra		Eastern Central Pacific
Polypipapiliotrema heniochi		Eastern Central Pacific
Polypipapiliotrema ovatheculum		Eastern Central Pacific
Pseudoplagioporus interruptus		Western Central Pacific
Pseudoplagioporus lethrini		Western Central Pacific

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