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109 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)
Scientific Name
English Name
Distribution
Max. Length (cm)
Aspidiophorus bisquamosus
Northeast Atlantic
Aspidiophorus brahmsi
South America.
Aspidiophorus heterodermus
Aspidiophorus lamellophorus
Mediterranean Sea
0.0109 TL
Aspidiophorus marinus
Northeast Atlantic, North
Aspidiophorus mediterraneus
Atlantic Ocean, Western I
0.01665 TL
Aspidiophorus multitubulatus
Western Central Atlantic
Aspidiophorus nipponensis
Japan.
Aspidiophorus ornatus
Northeast Atlantic
Aspidiophorus paramediterraneus
Atlantic Ocean, Western
0.0252 TL
Aspidiophorus polystictos
Mediterranean Sea.
0.015 TL
Aspidiophorus squamulosus
Northeast Atlantic
Aspidiophorus tentaculatus
Southwest Atlantic and th
0.03 TL
Caudichthydium hummoni
Northeast Atlantic and We
Chaetonotus aegilonensis
Mediterranean Sea.
0.02 BL
Chaetonotus aequispinosus
Mediterranean Sea
Chaetonotus angustus
Mediterranean Sea
Chaetonotus antipai
Black Sea
Chaetonotus apechochaetus
Southwest Atlantic and th
0.0138 TL
Chaetonotus apolemmus
Western Central Atlantic,
0.014 TL
Chaetonotus atrox
Atlantic Ocean, Mediterra
0.0126 TL
Chaetonotus balticus
Northeast Atlantic
Chaetonotus chicous
Western Central Atlantic
Chaetonotus condensus
Northeast Atlantic
Chaetonotus dispar
Atlantic Ocean, Mediterra
0.0188 TL
Chaetonotus hilarus
Mediterranean Sea
Chaetonotus hystrix
Northeast Atlantic
Chaetonotus ichthydiodes
Mediterranean Sea
Chaetonotus inaequidentatus
Mediterranean Sea
Chaetonotus lacunosus
Northeast Atlantic and Me
0.0154 TL
Chaetonotus larus
Northeast Atlantic
Chaetonotus linguaeformis
Northeast Atlantic
Chaetonotus luporinii
Mediterranean Sea
Chaetonotus magnificus
Mediterranean Sea
0.0108 TL
Chaetonotus mariae
Mediterranean Sea.
0.0131 TL
Chaetonotus maximus
Black Sea
Chaetonotus mediterraneus
Mediterranean Sea
0.0112 TL
Chaetonotus modestus
Mediterranean Sea
Chaetonotus napoleonicus
Mediterranean Sea
0.0135 TL
Chaetonotus neptuni
Atlantic Ocean and the Me
0.0289 TL
Chaetonotus oceanides
Northeast Atlantic
Chaetonotus oligohalinus
Northwest Atlantic
Chaetonotus parthenopeius
Northeast Atlantic and th
Chaetonotus persetosus
Northeast Atlantic
Chaetonotus robustus
North America Inland Wate
Chaetonotus sagittarius
Atlantic Ocean
Chaetonotus schoepferi
Western Central Atlantic
Chaetonotus schromi
Mediterranean Sea
Chaetonotus serenus
Mediterranean Sea
Chaetonotus siciliensis
Mediterranean Sea.
0.0214 TL
Chaetonotus similis
Black Sea
Chaetonotus somniculosus
Northeast Atlantic
Chaetonotus tempestivus
Northeast Atlantic
Chaetonotus testiculophorus
Northeast Pacific
Chaetonotus triacanthus
Western Central Atlantic.
0.014 BASL
Chaetonotus variosquamatus
Northeast Atlantic and th
0.015 TL
Chaetonotus woodi
Western Central Atlantic
Diuronotus aspetos
Northwest Atlantic
0.05335 BASL
Diuronotus rupperti
Northeast Atlantic
0.04725 BASL
Halichaetonotus aculifer
Atlantic Ocean, Mediterra
0.0134 TL
Halichaetonotus arenarius
Northeast Atlantic
Halichaetonotus atlanticus
Northeast Atlantic
Halichaetonotus australis
Southwest Pacific
Halichaetonotus balticus
Northeast Atlantic
Halichaetonotus bataceus
Western Central Atlantic
Halichaetonotus batillifer
Northeast Atlantic and th
Halichaetonotus clavicornis
Mediterranean Sea
Halichaetonotus decipiens
Atlantic Ocean, Mediterra
0.0125 TL
Halichaetonotus dubius
Northeast Atlantic
Halichaetonotus etrolomus
Mediterranean Sea.
0.0112 TL
Halichaetonotus genatus
Mediterranean Sea
Halichaetonotus italicus
Mediterranean Sea
0.0114 TL
Halichaetonotus jucundus
Northeast Atlantic and th
Halichaetonotus lamellatus
Northeast Atlantic
Halichaetonotus littoralis
Northeast Atlantic
Halichaetonotus margaretae
Western Atlantic, Mediter
0.014 TL
Halichaetonotus marivagus
Southwest Atlantic and th
0.015 TL
Halichaetonotus paradoxus
Atlantic Ocean, Mediterra
Halichaetonotus parvus
Mediterranean Sea
Halichaetonotus pleuracanthus
Northeast Atlantic, Medit
0.017 TL
Halichaetonotus polonense
Northeast Atlantic
Halichaetonotus riedli
Mediterranean Sea
Halichaetonotus schromi
Northeast Atlantic
Halichaetonotus spinosus
Atlantic Ocean, Mediterra
0.0142 TL
Halichaetonotus swedmarki
Mediterranean Sea
Halichaetonotus tentaculatus
Northeast Atlantic
Halichaetonotus thalassopais
Mediterranean Sea.
0.012 TL
Hemichaetonotus clipeatus
Northeast Atlantic and th
Heterolepidoderma arenosum
Northeast Atlantic
Heterolepidoderma armatum
Northeast Atlantic
Heterolepidoderma axi
Northeast Atlantic
Heterolepidoderma contectum
Mediterranean Sea and Eas
Heterolepidoderma foliatum
Northeast Atlantic
Heterolepidoderma grandiculum
Northeast Atlantic.
Heterolepidoderma hermaphroditum
Mediterranean Sea
Heterolepidoderma istrianum
Mediterranean Sea.
Heterolepidoderma loricatum
Atlantic Ocean, Mediterra
0.0116 BL
Heterolepidoderma marinum
Northeast Atlantic and Bl
Heterolepidoderma ocellatum
Black Sea
Ichthydium podura
Mediterranean and the Bla
Ichthydium rostrum
Northeast Atlantic
Ichthydium rupperti
Northeast Atlantic
Ichthydium supralitorale
Northeast Atlantic
Ichthydium tergestinum
Mediterranean Sea
Lepidodermella limogenum
Northeast Atlantic
Lepidodermella squamata
Mediterranean Sea
Musellifer delamarei
Mediterranean Sea
0.0173 TL
Musellifer profundus
Northeast Atlantic
Rhomballichthys punctatus
Northeast Atlantic.