Fish Identification

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Fish Identification

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Non-fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Myzostomidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Contramyzostoma bialatum []	No picture found Contramyzostoma sphaera []	No picture found Endomyzostoma clarki []
No picture found Endomyzostoma deformator []	No picture found Endomyzostoma tenuispinum []	No picture found Hypomyzostoma fasciatum []
No picture found Mesomyzostoma katoi []	No picture found Mesomyzostoma reichenspergi []	No picture found Myzostoma alatum []
No picture found Myzostoma ambiguum []	No picture found Myzostoma antennatum []	No picture found Myzostoma areolatum []
No picture found Myzostoma armatae []	No picture found Myzostoma atrum []	No picture found Myzostoma attenuatum []
No picture found Myzostoma brachiatum []	No picture found Myzostoma brevicirrum []	No picture found Myzostoma brevipes []
No picture found Myzostoma calycotyle []	No picture found Myzostoma capitocutis []	No picture found Myzostoma chelonium []
No picture found Myzostoma chelonoidium []	No picture found Myzostoma cirriferum []	No picture found Myzostoma clarki []
No picture found Myzostoma compressum []	No picture found Myzostoma coriaceum []	No picture found Myzostoma coronatum []
No picture found Myzostoma costatum []	No picture found Myzostoma crenatum []	No picture found Myzostoma cuniculus []
No picture found Myzostoma cysticolum []	No picture found Myzostoma deani []	No picture found Myzostoma dentatum []
No picture found Myzostoma divisor []	No picture found Myzostoma echinus []	No picture found Myzostoma elegans []
No picture found Myzostoma fisheri []	No picture found Myzostoma fissum []	No picture found Myzostoma furcatum []
No picture found Myzostoma gigas []	No picture found Myzostoma glabrum []	No picture found Myzostoma horologium []
No picture found Myzostoma intermedium []	No picture found Myzostoma jaegersteni []	No picture found Myzostoma japonicum []
No picture found Myzostoma labiatum []	No picture found Myzostoma laingense []	No picture found Myzostoma longicirrum []
No picture found Myzostoma longimanum []	No picture found Myzostoma lütkeni []	No picture found Myzostoma marginatum []
No picture found Myzostoma metacrini []	No picture found Myzostoma mortenseni []	No picture found Myzostoma murrayi []
No picture found Myzostoma nigrescens []	No picture found Myzostoma nigromaculatum []	No picture found Myzostoma pallidum []
No picture found Myzostoma pictum []	No picture found Myzostoma plicatum []	No picture found Myzostoma polycyclus []
No picture found Myzostoma pottsi []	No picture found Myzostoma pseudocuniculus []	No picture found Myzostoma quadrifilum []
No picture found Myzostoma singaporense []	No picture found Myzostoma smithi []	No picture found Myzostoma stochoeides []
No picture found Myzostoma toliarense []	No picture found Myzostoma triste []	No picture found Myzostoma viride []
No picture found Myzostoma wheeleri []	No picture found Myzostoma willemoesii []	No picture found Myzostomum antarcticum []
No picture found Myzostomum gerlachei []	No picture found Notopharyngoides aruensis []	No picture found Protomyzostomum glanduliferum []
No picture found Protomyzostomum polynephris []	No picture found Pulvinomyzostomum pulvinar []

77 Species of Family Myzostomidae
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Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Contramyzostoma bialatum	Western Central Pacific	0.67 TL
Contramyzostoma sphaera	Western Central Pacific
Endomyzostoma clarki	Northwest Pacific
Endomyzostoma deformator	Northwest Pacific
Endomyzostoma tenuispinum	Western Pacific
Hypomyzostoma fasciatum	Western Central Pacific
Mesomyzostoma katoi	Northwest Pacific
Mesomyzostoma reichenspergi	Western Central Pacific
Myzostoma alatum	Mediterranean Sea
Myzostoma ambiguum	Indo-Pacific.
Myzostoma antennatum	Northwest Pacific
Myzostoma areolatum	Western Central Atlantic.
Myzostoma armatae	Western Central Atlantic	0.306 TL
Myzostoma atrum	Western Central Pacific
Myzostoma attenuatum	Indo-Pacific.	0.446 TL
Myzostoma brachiatum	Western Central Pacific
Myzostoma brevicirrum	Western Central Pacific	0.5 WD
Myzostoma brevipes	Western Central Atlantic
Myzostoma calycotyle	Western Central Pacific
Myzostoma capitocutis	Western Central Pacific
Myzostoma chelonium	Indo-Pacific.
Myzostoma chelonoidium	Northwest Pacific
Myzostoma cirriferum	Northeast Atlantic and th
Myzostoma clarki	Northwest Pacific	0.73 TL
Myzostoma compressum	Antarctic Indian Ocean
Myzostoma coriaceum	Indo-West Pacific.
Myzostoma coronatum	Antarctic Indian Ocean
Myzostoma costatum	Indo-Pacific.
Myzostoma crenatum	Western Central Atlantic
Myzostoma cuniculus	Western Central Pacific
Myzostoma cysticolum	Atlantic and Pacific Ocea	0.42 TL
Myzostoma deani	Northeast Pacific
Myzostoma dentatum	Western Central Pacific
Myzostoma divisor	Antarctica.	0.212 WD
Myzostoma echinus	Indo-Pacific.
Myzostoma elegans	Indo-West Pacific.
Myzostoma fisheri	Eastern Central Pacific
Myzostoma fissum	Indo-Pacific.
Myzostoma furcatum	Indo-Pacific.
Myzostoma gigas	Northwest Pacific.
Myzostoma glabrum	Mediterranean Sea
Myzostoma horologium	Western Central Pacific
Myzostoma intermedium	Western Central Pacific
Myzostoma jaegersteni	Western Central Pacific
Myzostoma japonicum	Northwest Pacific	0.25 TL
Myzostoma labiatum	Western Central Pacific
Myzostoma laingense	Western Central Pacific
Myzostoma longicirrum	Indo-Pacific.
Myzostoma longimanum	Indo-West Pacific.
Myzostoma lütkeni	Western Central Pacific
Myzostoma marginatum	Western Central Atlantic
Myzostoma metacrini	Northwest Pacific	0.6 TL
Myzostoma mortenseni	Western Central Pacific
Myzostoma murrayi	Southwest Pacific
Myzostoma nigrescens	Northwest Pacific
Myzostoma nigromaculatum	Western Central Pacific
Myzostoma pallidum	Western Central Pacific
Myzostoma pictum	Western Central Atlantic
Myzostoma plicatum	Indo-Pacific.
Myzostoma polycyclus	Indo-West Pacific.
Myzostoma pottsi	Western Central Pacific
Myzostoma pseudocuniculus	Western Indian Ocean
Myzostoma quadrifilum	Western Central Pacific
Myzostoma singaporense	Western Central Pacific
Myzostoma smithi	Northwest Pacific	0.35 TL
Myzostoma stochoeides	Western Central Pacific
Myzostoma toliarense	Western Indian Ocean
Myzostoma triste	Western Central Pacific
Myzostoma viride	Western Central Pacific
Myzostoma wheeleri	Northwest Pacific
Myzostoma willemoesii	Indo-Pacific.
Myzostomum antarcticum	Arctic Ocean.
Myzostomum gerlachei	Northeast Atlantic and t
Notopharyngoides aruensis	Indo-West Pacific.
Protomyzostomum glanduliferum	Atlantic Antarctic
Protomyzostomum polynephris	Northeast Atlantic
Pulvinomyzostomum pulvinar	Mediterranean Sea

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