Fish Identification

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Fish Identification

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Non-fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Melitidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Abludomelita obtusata []	No picture found Anamaera hixoni []	No picture found Desdimelita californica []
No picture found Desdimelita desdichada []	No picture found Dulichiella anosochir []	No picture found Dulichiella appendiculata []
No picture found Dulichiella australis []	No picture found Dulichiella cotesi []	No picture found Dulichiella cuvettensis []
No picture found Dulichiella fresnelii []	No picture found Dulichiella guinea []	No picture found Dulichiella lecroyae []
No picture found Dulichiella oahu []	No picture found Dulichiella pacifica []	No picture found Dulichiella spinosa []
No picture found Dulichiella terminos []	No picture found Dulichiella tomioka []	No picture found Dulichiella tulear []
No picture found Eriopisa elongata []	No picture found Eriopisa incisa []	No picture found Eriopisella propagatio []
No picture found Eriopisella sechellensis []	No picture found Eriopisella upolu []	No picture found Gammarella fucicola []
No picture found Megamoera bowmani []	No picture found Megamoera dentata []	No picture found Megamoera subtener []
No picture found Melita dentata []	No picture found Melita elongata []	No picture found Melita festiva []
No picture found Melita formosa []	No picture found Melita hergensis []	No picture found Melita hoshinoi []
No picture found Melita inaequistylis []	No picture found Melita intermedia []	No picture found Melita koreana []
No picture found Melita longidactyla []	No picture found Melita longisetosa []	No picture found Melita myersi []
No picture found Melita nitida []	No picture found Melita obtusata []	Melita palmata []
No picture found Melita persia []	No picture found Melita quadrispinosa []	No picture found Melita sampsonae []
No picture found Melita sulca []	No picture found Parapherusa crassipes []	Quasimelita formosa []
No picture found Quasimelita quadrispinosa []	No picture found Spathiopus looensis []	No picture found Tabatzius copillius []
No picture found Tabatzius muelleri []	No picture found Tegano atkinsae []	No picture found Tegano vermiamicus []
No picture found Verdeia grandimana []	No picture found Verdeia subchelata []

56 Species of Family Melitidae
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Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Abludomelita obtusata	Northeast Atlantic and th	0.9 TL
Anamaera hixoni	Western Atlantic
Desdimelita californica	Northeast Pacific
Desdimelita desdichada	Northeast Pacific
Dulichiella anosochir	Southwest Atlantic
Dulichiella appendiculata	Western Indian Ocean and	1.11 TL
Dulichiella australis	Indo-West Pacific
Dulichiella cotesi	Eastern Indian Ocean
Dulichiella cuvettensis	Western Indian Ocean
Dulichiella fresnelii	Western Indian Ocean
Dulichiella guinea	Eastern Central Atlantic
Dulichiella lecroyae	Western Central Pacific
Dulichiella oahu	Eastern Central Pacific
Dulichiella pacifica	Western Central Pacific
Dulichiella spinosa	Eastern Central Pacific
Dulichiella terminos	Eastern Central Pacific
Dulichiella tomioka	Northwest Pacific
Dulichiella tulear	Western Indian Ocean
Eriopisa elongata	Western Central Pacific,
Eriopisa incisa	Western Atlantic
Eriopisella propagatio	Western Pacific
Eriopisella sechellensis	Northwest Pacific
Eriopisella upolu	Central Pacific
Gammarella fucicola	Northeast Atlantic and th
Megamoera bowmani	Northeast Pacific
Megamoera dentata	Northeast Atlantic
Megamoera subtener	Northeast Pacific
Melita dentata	Northeast Pacific, Atlant
Melita elongata	Western Central Atlantic
Melita festiva	Southwest Pacific
Melita formosa	Arctic and Northern Atlan
Melita hergensis	Northeast Atlantic
Melita hoshinoi	Northwest Pacific
Melita inaequistylis	Indo-West Pacific
Melita intermedia	Western Central Atlantic.
Melita koreana	Northwest Pacific
Melita longidactyla	Northwest Pacific
Melita longisetosa	Western Atlantic
Melita myersi	Western Central Pacific
Melita nitida	Western Central Atlantic
Melita obtusata	Northeast Atlantic
Melita palmata	Atlantic Ocean, Mediterra
Melita persia	Western Indian Ocean
Melita quadrispinosa	Arctic and Northwest Atla
Melita sampsonae	Western Central Pacific
Melita sulca	Northeast Pacific
Parapherusa crassipes	Southwest Pacific
Quasimelita formosa	Northeast Atlantic
Quasimelita quadrispinosa	Arctic and Northeast Atla
Spathiopus looensis	Western Central Atlantic;
Tabatzius copillius	Western Atlantic
Tabatzius muelleri	Western Atlantic
Tegano atkinsae	Western Central Pacific
Tegano vermiamicus	Northwest Pacific
Verdeia grandimana	Eastern Central Atlantic
Verdeia subchelata	Southeast Atlantic

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