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Family: Pararrhopaliidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Eleutheromenia carinata []	No picture found Eleutheromenia sierra []	No picture found Hypomenia nierstraszi []
No picture found Lophomenia spiralis []	No picture found Metamenia intermedia []	No picture found Metamenia triglandulata []
No picture found Pararrhopalia fasciata []	No picture found Pararrhopalia pruvoti []	No picture found Pruvotina cryophila []
No picture found Pruvotina gauszi []	No picture found Pruvotina impexa []	No picture found Pruvotina longispinosa []
No picture found Pruvotina megathecata []	No picture found Pruvotina pallioglandulata []	No picture found Pruvotina peniculata []
No picture found Pruvotina praegnans []	No picture found Pruvotina providens []	No picture found Pruvotina uniperata []
No picture found Unciherpia hirsuta []

19 Species of Family Pararrhopaliidae
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Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Eleutheromenia carinata	Mediterranean Sea.
Eleutheromenia sierra	Northeast Atlantic.
Hypomenia nierstraszi	Mediterranean Sea.
Lophomenia spiralis	Eastern Central Pacific
Metamenia intermedia	Antarctica.
Metamenia triglandulata	Antarctica.
Pararrhopalia fasciata	Mediterranean, Antarctica
Pararrhopalia pruvoti	Mediterranean, Antarctica
Pruvotina cryophila	Mediterranean, Antarctica
Pruvotina gauszi	Mediterranean, Antarctica
Pruvotina impexa	Mediterranean, Antarctica
Pruvotina longispinosa	Mediterranean, Antarctica
Pruvotina megathecata	Mediterranean, Antarctica
Pruvotina pallioglandulata	Mediterranean, Antarctica
Pruvotina peniculata	Mediterranean, Antarctica
Pruvotina praegnans	Mediterranean, Antarctica
Pruvotina providens	Mediterranean, Antarctica
Pruvotina uniperata	Mediterranean, Antarctica
Unciherpia hirsuta	Northeast Atlantic	1.08 TL

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