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Family: Cyamiidae (See list of species below)

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


Cyamiocardium chuanisinense
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Cyamiocardium crassilabrum
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Cyamiocardium dahli
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Cyamiocardium denticulatum
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Cyamiocardium namuncurense
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Cyamiocardium rotundatum
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Cyamiocardium yeskumaala
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Cyamiomactra laminifera
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Cyamiomactra problematica
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Cyamium antarcticum
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Cyamium falklandicum
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Cyamium willii
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Kidderia acrobeles
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Kidderia aupouria
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Kidderia bicolor
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Kidderia bisulcata
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Kidderia campbellica
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Kidderia costata
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Kidderia fiordlandica
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Kidderia marshalli
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Kidderia minuta
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Kidderia oblonga
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Kidderia pusilla
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Kidderia rakiura
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Kidderia sudquadrum
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Legrandina aucklandica
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Legrandina harrisonae
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Legrandina turneri
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Lutetina capricornica
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Perrierina georgiana
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Perrierina insulana
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Perrierina matai
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Perrierina mestayerae
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Perrierina perstriata
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Perrierina subquadrangula
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Perrierina substriata
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Perrierina taxodonta
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Ptychocardia georgiana
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Ptychocardia vanhoeffeni
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39 Species of Family Cyamiidae
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Sort by: Species Length
Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Cyamiocardium chuanisinense Southwest Atlantic
Cyamiocardium crassilabrum Southwest Atlantic and An 0.63 DL
Cyamiocardium dahli Southeast Pacific and Sou
Cyamiocardium denticulatum Southeast Pacific, Southw
Cyamiocardium namuncurense Southwest Atlantic
Cyamiocardium rotundatum Antarctic
Cyamiocardium yeskumaala Southeast Pacific
Cyamiomactra laminifera Antarctic and Southwest A
Cyamiomactra problematica Southwest Pacific
Cyamium antarcticum Southeast Pacific and Sou 0.87 DL
Cyamium falklandicum Southeast Pacific and Sou
Cyamium willii Western Atlantic.
Kidderia acrobeles Southwest Pacific
Kidderia aupouria Southwest Pacific
Kidderia bicolor Southern Ocean. 0.58 SHL
Kidderia bisulcata Antarctic Indian Ocean
Kidderia campbellica Southwest Pacific
Kidderia costata Southwest Pacific
Kidderia fiordlandica Southwest Pacific
Kidderia marshalli Southwest Pacific
Kidderia minuta Antarctic Indian Ocean
Kidderia oblonga Southwest Pacific
Kidderia pusilla Southern Pacific and West
Kidderia rakiura Southwest Pacific
Kidderia sudquadrum Antarctica.
Legrandina aucklandica Southwest Pacific
Legrandina harrisonae Southwest Pacific
Legrandina turneri Southwest Pacific
Lutetina capricornica Western Indian Ocean 0.2 SHL
Perrierina georgiana Southwest Pacific
Perrierina insulana Southwest Pacific
Perrierina matai Southwest Pacific
Perrierina mestayerae Southwest Pacific
Perrierina perstriata Southwest Pacific
Perrierina subquadrangula Southwest Pacific
Perrierina substriata Southwest Pacific
Perrierina taxodonta Southwest Pacific
Ptychocardia georgiana Western Atlantic.
Ptychocardia vanhoeffeni Antarctic Atlantic



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