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Family: Pycnophyidae (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 Cristaphyes arctous []	No picture found Kinorhynchus anomalus []	No picture found Kinorhynchus apotomus []
No picture found Kinorhynchus belizensis []	No picture found Kinorhynchus cataphractus []	No picture found Kinorhynchus deirophorus []
No picture found Kinorhynchus distens []	No picture found Kinorhynchus erismatus []	No picture found Kinorhynchus fimbriatus []
No picture found Kinorhynchus giganteus []	No picture found Kinorhynchus iliocryptus []	No picture found Kinorhynchus langi []
No picture found Kinorhynchus mainensis []	No picture found Kinorhynchus paraneapolitanus []	No picture found Kinorhynchus phyllotropis []
No picture found Kinorhynchus spinosus []	No picture found Kinorhynchus stenopygus []	No picture found Kinorhynchus trisetosus []
No picture found Kinorhynchus yushini []	No picture found Krakenella galtsovae []	No picture found Pycnophyes australensis []
No picture found Pycnophyes beaufortensis []	No picture found Pycnophyes borealis []	No picture found Pycnophyes calmani []
No picture found Pycnophyes canadensis []	No picture found Pycnophyes carinatus []	No picture found Pycnophyes chilensis []
No picture found Pycnophyes chukchiensis []	No picture found Pycnophyes communis []	No picture found Pycnophyes corrugatus []
No picture found Pycnophyes cryopygus []	No picture found Pycnophyes dentatus []	No picture found Pycnophyes denticulatus []
No picture found Pycnophyes ecphantor []	No picture found Pycnophyes egyptensis []	No picture found Pycnophyes emarginatus []
No picture found Pycnophyes faveolus []	No picture found Pycnophyes flaveolatus []	No picture found Pycnophyes frequens []
No picture found Pycnophyes greenlandicus []	No picture found Pycnophyes iniorhaptus []	No picture found Pycnophyes kielensis []
No picture found Pycnophyes longicornis []	No picture found Pycnophyes maximus []	No picture found Pycnophyes moderatus []
No picture found Pycnophyes mokievskii []	No picture found Pycnophyes newguinensis []	No picture found Pycnophyes newzealandiensis []
No picture found Pycnophyes ponticus []	No picture found Pycnophyes rectilineatus []	No picture found Pycnophyes robustus []
No picture found Pycnophyes rugosus []	No picture found Pycnophyes sanjuanensis []	No picture found Pycnophyes spitsbergensis []
No picture found Pycnophyes tubuliferus []	No picture found Pycnophyes zelinkaei []

56 Species of Family Pycnophyidae
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Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Cristaphyes arctous	Arctic.
Kinorhynchus anomalus	Southeast Pacific
Kinorhynchus apotomus	Caribbean Sea
Kinorhynchus belizensis	Caribbean Sea
Kinorhynchus cataphractus	Northwest Atlantic
Kinorhynchus deirophorus	Caribbean Sea
Kinorhynchus distens	Caribbean Sea
Kinorhynchus erismatus	Caribbean Sea
Kinorhynchus fimbriatus	Western Central Atlantic	0.0697 TL
Kinorhynchus giganteus	Northeast Atlantic and th	0.08 TL
Kinorhynchus iliocryptus	Northwest Atlantic and Ea
Kinorhynchus langi	Western Atlantic
Kinorhynchus mainensis	Northwest Atlantic
Kinorhynchus paraneapolitanus	Black Sea	0.068 TL
Kinorhynchus phyllotropis	Southwest Pacific
Kinorhynchus spinosus	Southwest Atlantic.
Kinorhynchus stenopygus	Caribbean Sea
Kinorhynchus trisetosus	Caribbean Sea
Kinorhynchus yushini	Northwest Pacific
Krakenella galtsovae	Arctic.
Pycnophyes australensis	West Central Pacific
Pycnophyes beaufortensis	Western Atlantic
Pycnophyes borealis	Arctic Ocean.
Pycnophyes calmani	Northeast Atlantic.
Pycnophyes canadensis	Arctic Ocean.
Pycnophyes carinatus	Mediterranean Sea
Pycnophyes chilensis	Southeast Pacific
Pycnophyes chukchiensis	Arctic Ocean.
Pycnophyes communis	Mediterranean	0.069 TRKL
Pycnophyes corrugatus	Caribbean Sea
Pycnophyes cryopygus	Arctic Ocean.
Pycnophyes dentatus	Northeast Atlantic and th
Pycnophyes denticulatus	Northeast Atlantic and th
Pycnophyes ecphantor	Caribbean Sea
Pycnophyes egyptensis	Western Indian Ocean
Pycnophyes emarginatus	Caribbean Sea
Pycnophyes faveolus	Southwest Pacific
Pycnophyes flaveolatus	Northeast Atlantic; Medit
Pycnophyes frequens	Atlantic Ocean	0.081 TL
Pycnophyes greenlandicus	Arctic Ocean.
Pycnophyes iniorhaptus	Caribbean Sea
Pycnophyes kielensis	Northeast Atlantic and th
Pycnophyes longicornis	Caribbean Sea
Pycnophyes maximus	Northeast Atlantic.
Pycnophyes moderatus	Northeast Atlantic and th
Pycnophyes mokievskii	Arctic
Pycnophyes newguinensis	Western Central Pacific
Pycnophyes newzealandiensis	Southwest Pacific
Pycnophyes ponticus	Mediterranean and Black S
Pycnophyes rectilineatus	Northeast Atlantic and th
Pycnophyes robustus	Mediterranean Sea
Pycnophyes rugosus	Mediterranean Sea
Pycnophyes sanjuanensis	Canada
Pycnophyes spitsbergensis	Arctic
Pycnophyes tubuliferus	Northwest Pacific
Pycnophyes zelinkaei	Northeast Atlantic

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