Fish Identification

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Fish Identification

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Family: Glycymerididae bittersweet clams (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Glycymeris aequilatera []	Glycymeris albolineata []	No picture found Glycymeris amamiensis []
No picture found Glycymeris amboinensis [Gold flowing bittersweet]	Glycymeris americana [Giant bittersweet]	No picture found Glycymeris arabica []
No picture found Glycymeris aspera []	Glycymeris bimaculata []	No picture found Glycymeris dampieriensis []
No picture found Glycymeris decussata [Decussate bittersweet]	No picture found Glycymeris gigantea []	Glycymeris glycymeris [Common European bittersweet]
No picture found Glycymeris hoylei []	Glycymeris insubrica []	No picture found Glycymeris keenae [Commarginal bittersweet]
No picture found Glycymeris livida []	No picture found Glycymeris longior []	No picture found Glycymeris maculata [Speckled bittersweet]
No picture found Glycymeris modesta [Small dog cockle]	No picture found Glycymeris nummaria [Violet bittersweet]	No picture found Glycymeris oculata []
No picture found Glycymeris ovata [Black bittersweet]	No picture found Glycymeris pectinata [Comb bittersweet]	No picture found Glycymeris persimilis []
Glycymeris pilosa [Pilose bittersweet]	No picture found Glycymeris pilsbryi []	Glycymeris reevei [Reeve's bittersweet]
No picture found Glycymeris rotunda []	No picture found Glycymeris scripta [Scripta bitterwseet]	No picture found Glycymeris septentrionalis [Northern bittersweet]
No picture found Glycymeris spectralis [Spectral bittersweet]	No picture found Glycymeris spurca []	No picture found Glycymeris striatularis []
No picture found Glycymeris subobsoleta []	Glycymeris subtilis [Bermuda bittersweet]	No picture found Glycymeris tellinaeformis []
No picture found Glycymeris tenuicostata []	No picture found Glycymeris undata [Wavy bittersweet]	No picture found Glycymeris vestita []
No picture found Glycymeris vovan [Vovan bittersweet]	No picture found Glycymeris yessoensis []	No picture found Melaxinaea clarki []
No picture found Melaxinaea montrouzieri []	No picture found Melaxinaea vitrea []	No picture found Tucetona amboiensis []
No picture found Tucetona angusticosta []	No picture found Tucetona auriflua []	No picture found Tucetona guesi []
No picture found Tucetona hanzawai []	No picture found Tucetona kauaia []	Tucetona laticostata [Large dog cockle]
No picture found Tucetona nodosa []	No picture found Tucetona odhneri []	No picture found Tucetona pectinata []
Tucetona pectunculus [Scalloplike bittersweet shell]	No picture found Tucetona sibogae []	No picture found Tucetona strigilata [Tessellated bittersweet]
No picture found Tucetona tsugioi []

58 Species of Family Glycymerididae
(bittersweet clams)

Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Glycymeris aequilatera		Western Central Atlantic
Glycymeris albolineata		Northwest Pacific
Glycymeris amamiensis		Western Pacific.
Glycymeris amboinensis	Gold flowing bittersweet	Indo-West Pacific
Glycymeris americana	Giant bittersweet	Western Atlantic.
Glycymeris arabica		Mediterranean Sea.
Glycymeris aspera		Western Pacific
Glycymeris bimaculata		Mediterranean Sea.
Glycymeris dampieriensis		Eastern Indian Ocean
Glycymeris decussata	Decussate bittersweet	Western Atlantic.	5.5 DL
Glycymeris gigantea		Eastern Pacific. Subtrop
Glycymeris glycymeris	Common European bittersweet	Eastern Atlantic and the	6.5 SHL
Glycymeris hoylei		Western Central Pacific
Glycymeris insubrica		Mediterranean Sea
Glycymeris keenae	Commarginal bittersweet	Eastern Pacific.
Glycymeris livida		Western Indian Ocean
Glycymeris longior		Western Atlantic.	3.5 DL
Glycymeris maculata	Speckled bittersweet	Eastern Pacific. Subtrop
Glycymeris modesta	Small dog cockle	Southwest Pacific
Glycymeris nummaria	Violet bittersweet	Northeast Atlantic and th	7 SHL
Glycymeris oculata		Western Atlantic.	2.2 DL
Glycymeris ovata	Black bittersweet	Southeast Pacific.
Glycymeris pectinata	Comb bittersweet	Western Atlantic.
Glycymeris persimilis		Eastern Indian Ocean
Glycymeris pilosa	Pilose bittersweet	The Mediterranean and the
Glycymeris pilsbryi		Northwest Pacific
Glycymeris reevei	Reeve's bittersweet	Indo-West Pacific	7.5 SHL
Glycymeris rotunda		Northwest Pacific
Glycymeris scripta	Scripta bitterwseet	Eastern Central Atlantic
Glycymeris septentrionalis	Northern bittersweet	Eastern Pacific.	4.5 TL
Glycymeris spectralis	Spectral bittersweet	Western Atlantic.	1.9 DL
Glycymeris spurca		Western Pacific
Glycymeris striatularis		Western Indian Ocean
Glycymeris subobsoleta		Northeast Pacific
Glycymeris subtilis	Bermuda bittersweet	Western Atlantic.
Glycymeris tellinaeformis		Western Atlantic.	3.8 DL
Glycymeris tenuicostata		Western Pacific.
Glycymeris undata	Wavy bittersweet	Western Atlantic.	3.2 DL
Glycymeris vestita		Northwest Pacific.
Glycymeris vovan	Vovan bittersweet	Eastern Central Atlantic
Glycymeris yessoensis		Northwest Pacific
Melaxinaea clarki		Western Pacific
Melaxinaea montrouzieri		Indo-Pacific
Melaxinaea vitrea		Eastern Indian Ocean
Tucetona amboiensis		Western Central Pacific
Tucetona angusticosta		Eastern Indian Ocean
Tucetona auriflua		Indo-West Pacific.
Tucetona guesi		Western Indian Ocean
Tucetona hanzawai		Western Central Pacific
Tucetona kauaia		Eastern Pacific	3 H
Tucetona laticostata	Large dog cockle	Southwest Pacific
Tucetona nodosa		Indo-West Pacific
Tucetona odhneri		Eastern Indian Ocean
Tucetona pectinata		Western Central Atlantic	3.1 DL
Tucetona pectunculus	Scalloplike bittersweet shell	Indo-West Pacific	5.5 TL
Tucetona sibogae		Western Central Pacific
Tucetona strigilata	Tessellated bittersweet	Eastern Pacific
Tucetona tsugioi		Western Central Pacific

Other identification tools in SeaLifeBase

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