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Family: Oithonidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Dioithona oculata []	No picture found Oithona aruensis []	No picture found Oithona atlantica []
No picture found Oithona attenuata []	No picture found Oithona brevicornis []	No picture found Oithona colcarva []
No picture found Oithona davisae []	No picture found Oithona decipiens []	No picture found Oithona dissimilis []
No picture found Oithona fallax []	No picture found Oithona fonsecae []	No picture found Oithona frigida []
No picture found Oithona hebes []	No picture found Oithona longispina []	No picture found Oithona nana []
No picture found Oithona plumifera []	No picture found Oithona pseudofrigida []	No picture found Oithona rigida []
No picture found Oithona robusta []	No picture found Oithona setigera []	No picture found Oithona similis []
No picture found Oithona simplex []	No picture found Oithona tenuis []	No picture found Oithona vivida []
No picture found Oithona wellershausi []	No picture found Paroithona parvula []

26 Species of Family Oithonidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Dioithona oculata		Indo-West Pacific and Wes
Oithona aruensis		Northwest Pacific
Oithona atlantica		Pacific Ocean and the Arc
Oithona attenuata		Indo-West Pacific.
Oithona brevicornis		Indo-West Pacific
Oithona colcarva		Atlantic Ocean.
Oithona davisae		Pacific, Northeast Atlant
Oithona decipiens		Northwest Pacific
Oithona dissimilis		Northwest Pacific
Oithona fallax		Indo-West Pacific
Oithona fonsecae		Western Central Atlantic
Oithona frigida		Antarctic
Oithona hebes		Western Central Atlantic
Oithona longispina		Northwest Pacific
Oithona nana		Indo-West Pacific and Wes
Oithona plumifera		Indo-West Pacific and Wes
Oithona pseudofrigida		Northwest Pacific
Oithona rigida		Northwest Pacific
Oithona robusta		Northwest Pacific
Oithona setigera		Northwest Pacific
Oithona similis		Arctic, Northern Pacific,
Oithona simplex		Indo-Pacific and Western
Oithona tenuis		Northwest Pacific
Oithona vivida		Northwest Pacific
Oithona wellershausi		Northwest Pacific
Paroithona parvula		Northwest Pacific

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