Fish Identification

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Fish Identification

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Non-fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Sportellidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Anisodonta alata []	No picture found Anisodonta alata trigonia []	No picture found Anisodonta angulata []
No picture found Anisodonta pseudoscintilla []	No picture found Basterotia borbonica []	No picture found Basterotia elliptica [Elliptical sportella]
No picture found Basterotia lutea []	No picture found Basterotia peninsularis []	No picture found Basterotia pustula []
No picture found Basterotia quadrata [Square sportella]	No picture found Ensitellops protextus []	No picture found Ensitellops tabula []
No picture found Isoconcha integra []	No picture found Planktomya henseni [Planktonic sportellid]	No picture found Planktomya prima []
No picture found Sportella recondita []

16 Species of Family Sportellidae
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Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Anisodonta alata		Southwest Pacific
Anisodonta alata trigonia		Southwest Pacific
Anisodonta angulata		Pacific Ocean.
Anisodonta pseudoscintilla		Southwest Pacific
Basterotia borbonica		Western Indian Ocean	0.34 TL
Basterotia elliptica	Elliptical sportella	Western Atlantic.
Basterotia lutea		Eastern Pacific	0.7 SHL
Basterotia peninsularis		Southeast Pacific
Basterotia pustula		Western Atlantic.	0.61 DL
Basterotia quadrata	Square sportella	Southeast Pacific and Wes	1.4 DL
Ensitellops protextus		Western Atlantic.	1 DL
Ensitellops tabula		Western Atlantic.	1.21 DL
Isoconcha integra		Southwest Pacific
Planktomya henseni	Planktonic sportellid	Western Central Atlantic	0.38 NG
Planktomya prima		Mediterranean Sea.
Sportella recondita		Mediterranean Sea

Other identification tools in SeaLifeBase

Quick Identification

Identification keys

Identification by morphometrics

Identification by pictures:

          If you already know the Family, go to Search SeaLifeBase, select Family and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in SeaLifeBase for the family.

          If you already know the Country, go to Search SeaLifeBase, select Country and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in SeaLifeBase for the country.

          If you already know the Ecosystem, go to Search SeaLifeBase, select Ecosystem and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in SeaLifeBase for the ecosystem.

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