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Non-fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Asterocheridae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Asteropontius acroporus []	No picture found Asteropontius brevioris []	No picture found Asteropontius caledoniensis []
No picture found Asteropontius dissimilis []	No picture found Asteropontius minutus []	No picture found Cheramomyzon abyssale []
No picture found Collocheres comanthiphilus []	No picture found Collocheres serrulatus []	No picture found Collocherides brychius []
No picture found Glyptocheres extrusus []	No picture found Hetairosyna laciniata []	No picture found Hetairosyna sororia []
No picture found Inermocheres quadratus []	No picture found Sinopontius aesthetascus []	No picture found Sinopontius punctatus []

15 Species of Family Asterocheridae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Asteropontius acroporus		Western Central Pacific
Asteropontius brevioris		Western Central Pacific
Asteropontius caledoniensis		Western Central Pacific
Asteropontius dissimilis		Western Central Pacific
Asteropontius minutus		Western Central Pacific
Cheramomyzon abyssale		Eastern Central Pacific.
Collocheres comanthiphilus		Western Central Pacific
Collocheres serrulatus		Western Central Pacific
Collocherides brychius		Northeast Pacific.
Glyptocheres extrusus		Western Central Pacific
Hetairosyna laciniata		Western Central Pacific
Hetairosyna sororia		Western Central Pacific
Inermocheres quadratus		Northwest Pacific
Sinopontius aesthetascus		Northwest Pacific
Sinopontius punctatus		Northwest Pacific

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