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Family: Pheronematidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Pheronema annae []	No picture found Pheronema barbulosclera []	No picture found Pheronema carpenteri []
No picture found Pheronema conicum []	No picture found Pheronema giganteum []	No picture found Pheronema gigas []
No picture found Pheronema hemisphaericum []	No picture found Pheronema ijimai []	No picture found Pheronema pilosum []
No picture found Pheronema pseudogiganteum []	No picture found Pheronema semiglobosum []	No picture found Pheronema surugense []
No picture found Poliopogon claviculus []	No picture found Poliopogon micropentactinus []	No picture found Poliopogon microuncinata []
No picture found Poliopogon zonecus []	No picture found Schulzeviella gigas []	No picture found Semperella abyssalis []
No picture found Semperella crosnieri []	No picture found Semperella schulzei []	No picture found Semperella varioactina []
No picture found Sericolophus calsubus []	No picture found Sericolophus cidaricus []	No picture found Sericolophus neocaledonicus []

24 Species of Family Pheronematidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Pheronema annae		Western Central Atlantic
Pheronema barbulosclera		Western Central Pacific
Pheronema carpenteri		Southwest Atlantic
Pheronema conicum		Western Central Pacific.
Pheronema giganteum		Western Central Pacific
Pheronema gigas		Southwest Pacific
Pheronema hemisphaericum		Western Central Pacific
Pheronema ijimai		Western Central Pacific
Pheronema pilosum		Indo-West Pacific
Pheronema pseudogiganteum		Western Central Pacific.
Pheronema semiglobosum		Western Central Pacific.
Pheronema surugense		Western Central Pacific
Poliopogon claviculus		Western Central Pacific.
Poliopogon micropentactinus		Western Central Pacific.
Poliopogon microuncinata		Eastern Central Pacific
Poliopogon zonecus		Western Central Pacific.
Schulzeviella gigas		Southwest Pacific
Semperella abyssalis		Western Central Pacific.
Semperella crosnieri		Western Central Pacific.
Semperella schulzei		Western Central Pacific
Semperella varioactina		Western Central Pacific.
Sericolophus calsubus		Western Central Pacific.
Sericolophus cidaricus		Western Central Pacific.
Sericolophus neocaledonicus		Western Central Pacific.

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