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Family: Philinidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Hermania infantilis []	No picture found Johania retifera []	No picture found Laona finmarchica [Finmark paperbubble]
No picture found Laona flexuosa []	No picture found Laona pruinosa []	No picture found Laona quadrata [Quadrate paperbubble]
No picture found Philine alata []	No picture found Philine alba [White philine]	No picture found Philine amabilis []
Philine angasi []	No picture found Philine angulata [Angled paperbubble]	No picture found Philine antarctica []
Philine aperta [Lobe shell]	No picture found Philine argentata []	No picture found Philine argentina []
No picture found Philine auriformis [Ear-shaped philine]	No picture found Philine bakeri [Baker paper-bubble]	No picture found Philine beachportensis []
No picture found Philine caballeri []	No picture found Philine californica [California paperbubble]	No picture found Philine candeana []
No picture found Philine catena []	No picture found Philine cingulata [Girdled paperbubble]	No picture found Philine columnaria []
No picture found Philine denticulata []	No picture found Philine falklandica []	No picture found Philine fragilis [Fragile paperbubble]
No picture found Philine gibba []	No picture found Philine gouldi []	No picture found Philine infortunata []
No picture found Philine infundibulum []	No picture found Philine intricata []	No picture found Philine iris []
No picture found Philine kerguelensis []	No picture found Philine kinglipini []	No picture found Philine kurodai []
No picture found Philine lima [File paperbubble]	No picture found Philine loveni []	No picture found Philine lucida []
No picture found Philine mera []	No picture found Philine monterosati []	Philine orca []
No picture found Philine paucipapillata []	No picture found Philine planata []	No picture found Philine polaris [Axial paperbubble]
No picture found Philine polystrigma []	No picture found Philine punctata []	No picture found Philine quadripartita []
Philine rubrata []	No picture found Philine sagra [Crenulate paperbubble]	No picture found Philine scabra []
No picture found Philine sinuata [Sinuate paperbubble]	No picture found Philine striatula []	No picture found Philine teres []
No picture found Philine thurmanni []	No picture found Philine tincta [Tinted paperbubble]	No picture found Philine trachyostraca []
No picture found Philine trapezia []	No picture found Yokoyamaia orientalis []

59 Species of Family Philinidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Hermania infantilis		Western Central Pacific
Johania retifera		Northeast Atlantic and th
Laona finmarchica	Finmark paperbubble	Atlantic Ocean, Mediterra	0.9 DL
Laona flexuosa		Northeast Atlantic and th
Laona pruinosa		Northeast Atlantic and th
Laona quadrata	Quadrate paperbubble	Atlantic Ocean, Mediterra	0.6 TL
Philine alata		Antarctic Atlantic	2 DL
Philine alba	White philine	Western Atlantic and East	6 TL
Philine amabilis		Northwest Atlantic	1.5 TL
Philine angasi		Indo-West Pacific
Philine angulata	Angled paperbubble	Atlantic Ocean and the Me	0.25 DL
Philine antarctica		Antarctic Pacific
Philine aperta	Lobe shell	Eastern Atlantic, Indo-Pa
Philine argentata		Western Pacific. Hong Ko
Philine argentina		Western Atlantic.	1.1 DL
Philine auriformis	Ear-shaped philine	Indo-Pacific.	7 TL
Philine bakeri	Baker paper-bubble	Eastern Pacific.
Philine beachportensis		Eastern Indian Ocean
Philine caballeri		Western Atlantic.	0.34 DL
Philine californica	California paperbubble	Eastern Pacific.
Philine candeana		Western Atlantic.	1.2 DL
Philine catena		Northeast Atlantic and th
Philine cingulata	Girdled paperbubble	Western Atlantic
Philine columnaria		Indo-West Pacific
Philine denticulata		Northeast Atlantic, Arcti
Philine falklandica		Southeast Pacific and Sou	0.54 DL
Philine fragilis	Fragile paperbubble	Western Atlantic
Philine gibba		Atlantic Antarctic	0.55 DL
Philine gouldi		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL
Philine infortunata		Northeast Atlantic
Philine infundibulum		Western Atlantic.	1.2 DL
Philine intricata		Eastern Atlantic and the
Philine iris		Mediterranean Sea.
Philine kerguelensis		Western Atlantic and Indi	0.6 DL
Philine kinglipini		Northwest Pacific
Philine kurodai		Western Central Pacific
Philine lima	File paperbubble	Atlantic Ocean, Mediterra
Philine loveni		Northeast Atlantic
Philine lucida		Western Atlantic.	0.35 DL
Philine mera		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL
Philine monterosati		Northeast Atlantic and th
Philine orca		Western Central Pacific
Philine paucipapillata		Western Pacific
Philine planata		Western Atlantic.	1.15 DL
Philine polaris	Axial paperbubble	Northern Atlantic, Easter
Philine polystrigma		Eastern Pacific.
Philine punctata		Northeast Atlantic and th
Philine quadripartita		Northeast Atlantic and th
Philine rubrata		Western Central Pacific
Philine sagra	Crenulate paperbubble	Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL
Philine scabra		Northeast Atlantic and th
Philine sinuata	Sinuate paperbubble	Western Atlantic and East
Philine striatula		Northeast Atlantic and th
Philine teres		Indo-West Pacific
Philine thurmanni		Western Atlantic and East	0.7 DL
Philine tincta	Tinted paperbubble	Western Atlantic	1.075 DL
Philine trachyostraca		Atlantic Ocean.	0.28 DL
Philine trapezia		Indo-West Pacific
Yokoyamaia orientalis		Northwest Pacific	0.78 SHL

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