Fish Identification

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Fish Identification

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Family: Microcionidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Antho arctica []	No picture found Antho dichotoma []	No picture found Antho graceae [Red-brown encrusting sponge]
No picture found Antho gymnazusa []	No picture found Antho inconstans []	No picture found Antho involvens []
No picture found Antho karykina [Bright red sponge]	No picture found Antho lambei [Lambe's horny sponge]	No picture found Antho levii []
No picture found Antho lithophoenix []	No picture found Antho novizelanica []	No picture found Antho penneyi []
No picture found Antho ridleyi []	No picture found Antho signata []	Artemisina apollinis [Ornamental horny sponge]
No picture found Artemisina jorvis []	No picture found Artemisina lundbecki []	No picture found Artemisina melana []
Artemisina plumosa []	No picture found Artemisina tubulosa []	No picture found Axociella spinosa []
No picture found Clathria abietina []	No picture found Clathria aceratoobtusa []	No picture found Clathria affinis []
No picture found Clathria antarctica []	No picture found Clathria anthoides []	No picture found Clathria araiosa []
No picture found Clathria armata []	No picture found Clathria aruensis []	No picture found Clathria atrasanguinea []
No picture found Clathria australiensis []	No picture found Clathria basilana []	No picture found Clathria bulbosa []
No picture found Clathria cactiformis []	No picture found Clathria calla []	No picture found Clathria calochela []
No picture found Clathria campecheae []	No picture found Clathria carteri []	No picture found Clathria cervicornis []
No picture found Clathria chelifera []	No picture found Clathria claudei []	No picture found Clathria claviformis []
No picture found Clathria coppingeri []	No picture found Clathria coralliophila []	No picture found Clathria coralloides []
No picture found Clathria corneolia []	No picture found Clathria cratitia []	Clathria curacaoensis []
No picture found Clathria danielae []	No picture found Clathria depressa []	No picture found Clathria dichela []
No picture found Clathria discreta []	No picture found Clathria distincta []	No picture found Clathria eccentrica []
No picture found Clathria echinata []	No picture found Clathria eurypa []	No picture found Clathria fascicularis []
No picture found Clathria fasciculata []	No picture found Clathria faviformis []	No picture found Clathria ferrea []
No picture found Clathria filifera []	Clathria flabellata []	No picture found Clathria flabellifera []
No picture found Clathria foliacea []	No picture found Clathria foraminifera []	No picture found Clathria gorgonioides []
No picture found Clathria haematodes []	No picture found Clathria hentscheli []	No picture found Clathria hillenburgi []
No picture found Clathria hirsuta []	No picture found Clathria inanchorata []	No picture found Clathria intermedia []
No picture found Clathria juniperina []	No picture found Clathria kieschnicki []	No picture found Clathria kilauea []
No picture found Clathria koltuni []	No picture found Clathria kylista []	No picture found Clathria larae []
No picture found Clathria lendenfeldi []	No picture found Clathria lindgreni []	No picture found Clathria lipochela []
No picture found Clathria litos []	No picture found Clathria longitoxa []	No picture found Clathria macroisochela []
No picture found Clathria major []	No picture found Clathria maunaloa []	No picture found Clathria menoui []
No picture found Clathria meyeri []	No picture found Clathria michaelseni []	No picture found Clathria microchela []
No picture found Clathria mixta []	No picture found Clathria moraesi []	No picture found Clathria mutabilis []
No picture found Clathria nidificata []	No picture found Clathria nisiae []	No picture found Clathria nuda []
No picture found Clathria orientalis []	No picture found Clathria papillosa []	No picture found Clathria patula []
No picture found Clathria pauper []	No picture found Clathria pellicula []	No picture found Clathria priestleyae []
No picture found Clathria procera []	Clathria prolifera [Red beard sponge]	No picture found Clathria ramosa []
No picture found Clathria rectangulosa []	No picture found Clathria reinwardti []	No picture found Clathria retamalesi []
No picture found Clathria rhopalophora []	No picture found Clathria ridleyi []	No picture found Clathria robusta []
No picture found Clathria rosetafiordica [Yellow crust sponge (with rosettes)]	No picture found Clathria rugosa []	No picture found Clathria saraspinifera []
No picture found Clathria schoenus []	No picture found Clathria similis []	No picture found Clathria spinarcus []
No picture found Clathria spinifera []	No picture found Clathria spinosa []	No picture found Clathria spongodes []
No picture found Clathria stellata []	No picture found Clathria surculosa []	No picture found Clathria terraenovae []
No picture found Clathria tetrastyla []	No picture found Clathria thielei []	No picture found Clathria topsenti []
No picture found Clathria toxifera []	No picture found Clathria toxipraedita []	No picture found Clathria tuberosa []
No picture found Clathria vasiformis []	No picture found Clathria venosa []	No picture found Clathria virgultosa []
No picture found Clathria vulpina []	No picture found Echinochalina australiensis []	No picture found Echinochalina barba []
No picture found Echinochalina bargibanti []	No picture found Echinochalina intermedia []	No picture found Echinochalina laboutei []
No picture found Echinoclathria arcifera []	No picture found Echinoclathria beringensis []	No picture found Echinoclathria contexta []
No picture found Echinoclathria papyracea []	No picture found Microciona lambei []	No picture found Microciona parthena []
No picture found Microciona primitiva []	No picture found Ophlitaspongia papilla []	No picture found Ophlitaspongia pennata [Red encrusting sponge]
No picture found Pandaros acanthifolium []

148 Species of Family Microcionidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Antho arctica		Arctic
Antho dichotoma		Arctic and Northeast Atla
Antho graceae	Red-brown encrusting sponge	Northeast Pacific
Antho gymnazusa		Western Central Atlantic.
Antho inconstans		Northeast Atlantic
Antho involvens		Northeast Atlantic.
Antho karykina	Bright red sponge	Northeast Pacific
Antho lambei	Lambe's horny sponge	Northeast Pacific
Antho levii		Western Central Pacific.
Antho lithophoenix		Southeast Pacific
Antho novizelanica		Western Central Pacific.
Antho penneyi		Western Central Atlantic.
Antho ridleyi		Western Central Pacific
Antho signata		Atlantic Ocean and the Me
Artemisina apollinis	Ornamental horny sponge	Northeast Atlantic and An
Artemisina jorvis		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Artemisina lundbecki		Arctic
Artemisina melana		Western Central Atlantic
Artemisina plumosa		Antarctic Atlantic
Artemisina tubulosa		Antarctica.
Axociella spinosa		Western Central Atlantic
Clathria abietina		Indo-West Pacific
Clathria aceratoobtusa		Indo-West Pacific.
Clathria affinis		Western Central Atlantic
Clathria antarctica		Southeast Pacific
Clathria anthoides		Western Central Pacific.
Clathria araiosa		Western Central Pacific
Clathria armata		Northeast Atlantic
Clathria aruensis		Western Central Pacific
Clathria atrasanguinea		Northeast Atlantic
Clathria australiensis		Western Central Pacific
Clathria basilana		Indo-West Pacific.
Clathria bulbosa		Western Central Pacific
Clathria cactiformis		Eastern Indian Ocean
Clathria calla		Western Central Atlantic
Clathria calochela		Western Central Pacific
Clathria campecheae		Caribbean
Clathria carteri		Western Central Atlantic
Clathria cervicornis		Western Central Pacific.
Clathria chelifera		Western Central Pacific
Clathria claudei		Western Central Pacific
Clathria claviformis		Western Central Pacific
Clathria coppingeri		Western Central Pacific
Clathria coralliophila		Western Central Pacific
Clathria coralloides		Northeast Atlantic
Clathria corneolia		Western Central Pacific
Clathria cratitia		Western Central Pacific
Clathria curacaoensis		Western Central Atlantic
Clathria danielae		Southwest Atlantic
Clathria depressa		Northeast Atlantic
Clathria dichela		Indo-West Pacific
Clathria discreta		Southeast Pacific
Clathria distincta		Western Central Pacific
Clathria eccentrica		Western Central Pacific
Clathria echinata		Western Central Atlantic.	15 H
Clathria eurypa		Western Central Pacific
Clathria fascicularis		Western Central Atlantic
Clathria fasciculata		Western Central Pacific	25 H
Clathria faviformis		Western Central Atlantic
Clathria ferrea		Probably in the Caribbean
Clathria filifera		Western Central Pacific.
Clathria flabellata		Antarctic Atlantic.
Clathria flabellifera		Western Central Pacific
Clathria foliacea		Western Central Atlantic.
Clathria foraminifera		Indo-West Pacific
Clathria gorgonioides		Western Central Pacific
Clathria haematodes		Eastern Central Pacific
Clathria hentscheli		Western Central Pacific
Clathria hillenburgi		Southwest Atlantic
Clathria hirsuta		Western Central Pacific
Clathria inanchorata		Western Central Pacific
Clathria intermedia		Southwest Pacific
Clathria juniperina		Western Central Atlantic
Clathria kieschnicki		Western Central Pacific
Clathria kilauea		Eastern Central Pacific
Clathria koltuni		Southeast Pacific
Clathria kylista		Western Central Pacific
Clathria larae		Southwest Atlantic
Clathria lendenfeldi		Indo-West Pacific.
Clathria lindgreni		Western Central Pacific
Clathria lipochela		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Clathria litos		Western Central Pacific
Clathria longitoxa		Western Central Pacific
Clathria macroisochela		Western Central Pacific.
Clathria major		Western Central Pacific
Clathria maunaloa		Eastern Central Pacific
Clathria menoui		Western Central Pacific
Clathria meyeri		Western Central Pacific
Clathria michaelseni		Western Central Pacific
Clathria microchela		Western Central Atlantic
Clathria mixta		Western Central Pacific
Clathria moraesi		Southeast Atlantic
Clathria mutabilis		Western Central Pacific
Clathria nidificata		Southeast Pacific and the
Clathria nisiae		Southwest Atlantic
Clathria nuda		Western Central Pacific
Clathria orientalis		Western Central Pacific
Clathria papillosa		Southeast Pacific
Clathria patula		Eastern Indian Ocean
Clathria pauper		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Clathria pellicula		Western Central Pacific
Clathria priestleyae		Antarctic Atlantic
Clathria procera		Indo-Pacific
Clathria prolifera	Red beard sponge	Western Atlantic. Tropic
Clathria ramosa		Western Central Pacific
Clathria rectangulosa		Western Central Atlantic
Clathria reinwardti		Indo-West Pacific.
Clathria retamalesi		Antarctic Ocean
Clathria rhopalophora		Indo-West Pacific
Clathria ridleyi		Western Central Pacific
Clathria robusta		Western Central Pacific
Clathria rosetafiordica	Yellow crust sponge (with rosettes)	Southeast Pacific
Clathria rugosa		Western Central Pacific
Clathria saraspinifera		Southeast Pacific
Clathria schoenus		Western Central Atlantic.	15 H
Clathria similis		Western Central Pacific
Clathria spinarcus		Northeast Atlantic
Clathria spinifera		Indo-West Pacific
Clathria spinosa		Western Central Atlantic
Clathria spongodes		Western Central Pacific
Clathria stellata		Southeast Pacific
Clathria surculosa		Western Central Pacific
Clathria terraenovae		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Clathria tetrastyla		Western Central Pacific
Clathria thielei		Western Central Pacific
Clathria topsenti		Western Central Pacific
Clathria toxifera		Indo-West Pacific.
Clathria toxipraedita		Antarctica.
Clathria tuberosa		Western Central Pacific.
Clathria vasiformis		Western Central Atlantic
Clathria venosa		Western Central Atlantic.	0.2 OT
Clathria virgultosa		Western Central Atlantic.
Clathria vulpina		Indo-West Pacific.
Echinochalina australiensis		Western Central Pacific
Echinochalina barba		Indo-West Pacific.
Echinochalina bargibanti		Western Central Pacific
Echinochalina intermedia		Western Central Pacific
Echinochalina laboutei		Western Central Pacific
Echinoclathria arcifera		Western Central Atlantic
Echinoclathria beringensis		Northeast Pacific and the
Echinoclathria contexta		Southeast Pacific
Echinoclathria papyracea		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Microciona lambei		Arctic
Microciona parthena		Eastern Central Pacific	10 H
Microciona primitiva		Canada
Ophlitaspongia papilla		Northeast Atlantic
Ophlitaspongia pennata	Red encrusting sponge	Eastern Pacific.	1.2 H
Pandaros acanthifolium		Western Central Atlantic.

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