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Family: Aspidosiphonidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Aspidosiphon albus []	No picture found Aspidosiphon coyi []	No picture found Aspidosiphon elegans []
No picture found Aspidosiphon exiguus []	No picture found Aspidosiphon fischeri []	No picture found Aspidosiphon gosnoldi []
No picture found Aspidosiphon gracilis []	No picture found Aspidosiphon hartmeyeri []	No picture found Aspidosiphon laevis []
No picture found Aspidosiphon mexicanus []	No picture found Aspidosiphon misakiensis []	No picture found Aspidosiphon muelleri []
No picture found Aspidosiphon parvulus []	No picture found Aspidosiphon planoscutatus []	No picture found Aspidosiphon spiralis []
No picture found Aspidosiphon steenstrupii []	No picture found Aspidosiphon tenuis []	No picture found Aspidosiphon thomassini []
No picture found Aspidosiphon venabulum []	No picture found Aspidosiphon zinni []	No picture found Cloeosiphon aspergillus []
No picture found Lithacrosiphon cristatus []	No picture found Lithacrosiphon maldivensis []

23 Species of Family Aspidosiphonidae
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Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Aspidosiphon albus	Atlantic Ocean	4.5 TRKL
Aspidosiphon coyi	Antarctic Indian Ocean an
Aspidosiphon elegans	Western Atlantic, Indo-Pa	5.7 TL
Aspidosiphon exiguus	Western Central Atlantic	4.9 TL
Aspidosiphon fischeri	Western Atlantic and East	1.6 TRKL
Aspidosiphon gosnoldi	Western Atlantic
Aspidosiphon gracilis	Western Central Pacific
Aspidosiphon hartmeyeri	Southwest Pacific
Aspidosiphon laevis	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic an
Aspidosiphon mexicanus	Atlantic Ocean and the Me
Aspidosiphon misakiensis	Indo-Pacific, Antarctic I	2.5 TL
Aspidosiphon muelleri	Atlantic Ocean, the Medit	8 TRKL
Aspidosiphon parvulus	Western Atlantic, Western
Aspidosiphon planoscutatus	Western Indian Ocean.
Aspidosiphon spiralis	Western Central Pacific
Aspidosiphon steenstrupii	Indo-Pacific and Western	4 TL
Aspidosiphon tenuis	Indo-Pacific
Aspidosiphon thomassini	Western Indian Ocean	7 TL
Aspidosiphon venabulum	Western Indian Ocean and	3 TRKL
Aspidosiphon zinni	Northeast Atlantic and In	7.5 TL
Cloeosiphon aspergillus	Indo-Pacific.	4 TRKL
Lithacrosiphon cristatus	Central Pacific and Weste
Lithacrosiphon maldivensis	Indo-West Pacific	4.9 TRKL

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