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Family: Aoridae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Acuminodeutopus naglei []	No picture found Amphideutopus dolichocephalus []	No picture found Aora anomala []
No picture found Aora aoriformis []	No picture found Aora gracilis []	No picture found Aora kergueleni []
No picture found Aora maculata []	No picture found Aora spinicornis []	No picture found Aora spinimerus []
No picture found Aora trichobostrycha []	No picture found Aora typica []	No picture found Aoroides columbiae []
No picture found Aoroides exilis []	No picture found Aoroides inermis []	No picture found Aoroides intermedius []
No picture found Aoroides longimerus []	No picture found Aoroides palfreyensis []	No picture found Aoroides parvus []
No picture found Aoroides spinosus []	No picture found Archaeobemlos philacanthus []	No picture found Arctolembos arcticus []
No picture found Autonoe angularis []	No picture found Autonoe longicornis []	No picture found Autonoe longipes []
No picture found Autonoe rubromaculatus []	No picture found Autonoe seurati []	No picture found Autonoe spiniventris []
No picture found Bemlos achire []	No picture found Bemlos aequimanus []	No picture found Bemlos australis []
No picture found Bemlos bidens []	No picture found Bemlos brunneomaculatus []	No picture found Bemlos clypeatus []
No picture found Bemlos dentischium []	No picture found Bemlos ephippium []	No picture found Bemlos foresti []
No picture found Bemlos gladius []	No picture found Bemlos kergueleni []	No picture found Bemlos kunkelae []
No picture found Bemlos longicornis []	No picture found Bemlos mackinneyi []	No picture found Bemlos macromanus []
No picture found Bemlos minimus []	No picture found Bemlos mollis []	No picture found Bemlos quadrimanus []
No picture found Bemlos saloteae []	No picture found Bemlos setosus []	No picture found Bemlos spinicarpus []
No picture found Bemlos tempus []	No picture found Bemlos tigrinus []	No picture found Bemlos triangulum []
No picture found Bemlos tridens []	No picture found Bemlos tridentatus []	No picture found Bemlos tui []
No picture found Bemlos unicornis []	No picture found Bemlos waipio []	No picture found Globosolembos clavicornis []
No picture found Globosolembos excavatus []	No picture found Globosolembos forgesi []	No picture found Globosolembos francanni []
No picture found Globosolembos longispinosus []	No picture found Globosolembos lunatus []	No picture found Globosolembos ovatus []
No picture found Globosolembos smithi []	No picture found Globosolembos springthorpei []	No picture found Globosolembos varanus []
No picture found Goesia depressa []	No picture found Grandidierella bispinosa []	No picture found Grandidierella bonnieroides []
No picture found Grandidierella gilesi []	No picture found Grandidierella japonica []	No picture found Grandidierella kanakensis []
No picture found Grandidierella megnae []	No picture found Grandidierella rhizophorae []	No picture found Lembos arcticus []
No picture found Lembos websteri []	No picture found Leptocheirus guttatus []	No picture found Leptocheirus hirsutimanus []
No picture found Leptocheirus mariae []	No picture found Leptocheirus pilosus []	No picture found Liocuna caeca []
No picture found Microdeutopus anomalus []	No picture found Microdeutopus armatus []	No picture found Microdeutopus chelifer []
No picture found Microdeutopus gryllotalpa []	No picture found Microdeutopus versiculatus []	No picture found Paramicrodeutopus myersi []
No picture found Paramicrodeutopus schmitti []	No picture found Pedicorophium laminosum []	No picture found Plesiolembos ovalipes []
No picture found Plesiolembos rectangulatus []	No picture found Protolembos crouyensis []	No picture found Rudilemboides naglei []
No picture found Unciola crassipes []	No picture found Unciola crenatipalma []	No picture found Unciola irrorata []
No picture found Unciola laticornis []	No picture found Unciola leucopis []	No picture found Unciola planipes []
No picture found Unciola serrata []

100 Species of Family Aoridae
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Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Acuminodeutopus naglei	Western Central Atlantic
Amphideutopus dolichocephalus	Western Atlantic
Aora anomala	Southern Ocean
Aora aoriformis	Western Central Pacific
Aora gracilis	Northeast Atlantic
Aora kergueleni	Southern Ocean
Aora maculata	Indo-Pacific.
Aora spinicornis	Mediterranean Sea
Aora spinimerus	Western Central Pacific
Aora trichobostrycha	Southern Ocean
Aora typica	Northeast Atlantic and So
Aoroides columbiae	Northeast Pacific
Aoroides exilis	Northeast Pacific
Aoroides inermis	Northeast Pacific
Aoroides intermedius	Northeast Pacific
Aoroides longimerus	Northwest Pacific
Aoroides palfreyensis	Western Central Pacific
Aoroides parvus	Western Central Pacific
Aoroides spinosus	Northeast Pacific
Archaeobemlos philacanthus	Western Central Pacific
Arctolembos arcticus	Arctic
Autonoe angularis	Mediterranean
Autonoe longicornis	Northeast Atlantic.
Autonoe longipes	Northern Atlantic and the
Autonoe rubromaculatus	Mediterranean
Autonoe seurati	Western Central Pacific
Autonoe spiniventris	Mediterranean
Bemlos achire	Southeast Pacific
Bemlos aequimanus	Western Central Pacific
Bemlos australis	Western Central Pacific
Bemlos bidens	Western Central Pacific
Bemlos brunneomaculatus	Western Atlantic
Bemlos clypeatus	Western Central Pacific
Bemlos dentischium	Western Atlantic
Bemlos ephippium	Western Central Pacific
Bemlos foresti	Western Atlantic
Bemlos gladius	Western Central Pacific
Bemlos kergueleni	Antarctic Indian Ocean
Bemlos kunkelae	Western Atlantic
Bemlos longicornis	Western Atlantic
Bemlos mackinneyi	Western Central Atlantic
Bemlos macromanus	Southeast Pacific and Wes
Bemlos minimus	Western Central Atlantic
Bemlos mollis	Western Central Pacific
Bemlos quadrimanus	Western Pacific
Bemlos saloteae	Western Central Pacific
Bemlos setosus	Western Central Atlantic
Bemlos spinicarpus	Western Atlantic
Bemlos tempus	Western Central Atlantic.
Bemlos tigrinus	Western Central Atlantic
Bemlos triangulum	Western Central Pacific
Bemlos tridens	Western Central Pacific
Bemlos tridentatus	Western Central Pacific
Bemlos tui	Central Pacific
Bemlos unicornis	Western Atlantic
Bemlos waipio	Central Pacific
Globosolembos clavicornis	Western Central Pacific
Globosolembos excavatus	Indo-West Pacific
Globosolembos forgesi	Western Central Pacific
Globosolembos francanni	Western Central Atlantic.
Globosolembos longispinosus	Western Central Pacific
Globosolembos lunatus	Indo-West Pacific
Globosolembos ovatus	Pacific Ocean.
Globosolembos smithi	Western Atlantic
Globosolembos springthorpei	Western Central Pacific
Globosolembos varanus	Western Central Pacific
Goesia depressa	Arctic and Northeast Atla
Grandidierella bispinosa	Central Pacific.
Grandidierella bonnieroides	Western Central Pacific a
Grandidierella gilesi	Western Pacific
Grandidierella japonica	Indo-West Pacific.
Grandidierella kanakensis	Western Central Pacific
Grandidierella megnae	Northwest Pacific
Grandidierella rhizophorae	Western Central Pacific
Lembos arcticus	Arctic and Northern Atlan
Lembos websteri	Northeast Atlantic
Leptocheirus guttatus	Mediterranean
Leptocheirus hirsutimanus	Northeast Atlantic
Leptocheirus mariae	Mediterranean
Leptocheirus pilosus	Northeast Atlantic and th
Liocuna caeca	Western Central Atlantic.
Microdeutopus anomalus	Atlantic Ocean and the Me
Microdeutopus armatus	Mediterranean
Microdeutopus chelifer	Mediterranean Sea
Microdeutopus gryllotalpa	Northern Atlantic and the	1.58 BL
Microdeutopus versiculatus	Northeast Atlantic and th
Paramicrodeutopus myersi	Western Atlantic
Paramicrodeutopus schmitti	Northeast Pacific
Pedicorophium laminosum	Western Atlantic
Plesiolembos ovalipes	Western Central Atlantic
Plesiolembos rectangulatus	Western Atlantic
Protolembos crouyensis	Western Central Pacific
Rudilemboides naglei	Western Atlantic
Unciola crassipes	Arctic and Northwest Atla
Unciola crenatipalma	Northeast Atlantic
Unciola irrorata	Northwest Atlantic.
Unciola laticornis	Arctic and Northwest Atla
Unciola leucopis	Northeast Atlantic and th
Unciola planipes	Northern Atlantic
Unciola serrata	Western Central Atlantic

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