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Family: Haploposthiidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Adenocauda helgolandica []	No picture found Afronta aurantiaca []	No picture found Afronta rubra []
No picture found Haplogonaria amarilla []	No picture found Haplogonaria elegans []	No picture found Haplogonaria glandulifera []
No picture found Haplogonaria macrobursalis []	No picture found Haplogonaria minima []	No picture found Haplogonaria phyllospadicis []
No picture found Haplogonaria psammalia []	No picture found Haplogonaria simplex []	No picture found Haplogonaria sinubursalia []
No picture found Haplogonaria stradbrokensis []	No picture found Haplogonaria syltensis []	No picture found Haplogonaria viridis []
No picture found Haploposthia brunea []	No picture found Haploposthia erythrocephala []	No picture found Haploposthia lactomaculata []
No picture found Haploposthia rubra []	No picture found Haploposthia rubropunctata []	No picture found Haploposthia vandula []
No picture found Kuma flava []	No picture found Kuma monogonophora []	No picture found Kuma viridis []
No picture found Parahaplogonaria maxima []	No picture found Parahaploposthia avesicula []	No picture found Parahaploposthia brunea []
No picture found Parahaploposthia cerebroepitheliata []	No picture found Parahaploposthia thiophilus []	No picture found Parahaploposthia velvetum []
No picture found Pseudohaplogonaria cerasina []	No picture found Pseudohaplogonaria stylifera []	No picture found Pseudohaplogonaria vacua []
No picture found Pseudohaplogonaria viridipunctata []	No picture found Simplicomorpha gigantorhabditis []

35 Species of Family Haploposthiidae
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Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Adenocauda helgolandica	Northeast Atlantic
Afronta aurantiaca	Northwest Atlantic
Afronta rubra	Northeast Atlantic
Haplogonaria amarilla	Eastern Central Pacific	0.065 TL
Haplogonaria elegans	Northeast Atlantic
Haplogonaria glandulifera	Northeast Atlantic
Haplogonaria macrobursalis	Northeast Atlantic
Haplogonaria minima	Northeast Atlantic
Haplogonaria phyllospadicis	Eastern Central Pacific	0.045 TL
Haplogonaria psammalia	Northeast Atlantic
Haplogonaria simplex	Northeast Atlantic
Haplogonaria sinubursalia	Northeast Atlantic
Haplogonaria stradbrokensis	Western Central Pacific	0.044 TL
Haplogonaria syltensis	Northeast Atlantic
Haplogonaria viridis	Northeast Atlantic
Haploposthia brunea	Northeast Atlantic
Haploposthia erythrocephala	Northeast Pacific
Haploposthia lactomaculata	Northeast Atlantic	0.3 TL
Haploposthia rubra	Northeast Atlantic. Clim
Haploposthia rubropunctata	Northeast Atlantic.
Haploposthia vandula	Western Central Atlantic
Kuma flava	Western Central Atlantic	0.051 TL
Kuma monogonophora	Northeast Atlantic
Kuma viridis	Northeast Atlantic.
Parahaplogonaria maxima	Northeast Atlantic
Parahaploposthia avesicula	Northeast Atlantic
Parahaploposthia brunea	Northeast Atlantic
Parahaploposthia cerebroepitheliata	Northeast Atlantic
Parahaploposthia thiophilus	Western Central Atlantic
Parahaploposthia velvetum	Western Central Atlantic
Pseudohaplogonaria cerasina	Western Central Atlantic	0.065 TL
Pseudohaplogonaria stylifera	Northeast Atlantic and th
Pseudohaplogonaria vacua	Northeast Atlantic
Pseudohaplogonaria viridipunctata	Northeast Atlantic
Simplicomorpha gigantorhabditis	Northeast Atlantic

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