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Family: Corycaeidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Corycaeus affinis []	No picture found Corycaeus amazonicus []	No picture found Corycaeus asiaticus []
No picture found Corycaeus clausi []	No picture found Corycaeus concinnus []	No picture found Corycaeus crassiusculus []
No picture found Corycaeus flaccus []	No picture found Corycaeus furcifer []	No picture found Corycaeus gibbulus []
No picture found Corycaeus giesbrechti []	No picture found Corycaeus latus []	No picture found Corycaeus lautus []
No picture found Corycaeus limbatus []	No picture found Corycaeus longistylis []	No picture found Corycaeus ovalis []
No picture found Corycaeus pumilus []	No picture found Corycaeus robustus []	No picture found Corycaeus speciosus []
No picture found Corycaeus subulatus []	No picture found Corycaeus typicus []	No picture found Corycaeus varius []
No picture found Ditrichocorycaeus andrewsi []	No picture found Ditrichocorycaeus dahli []	No picture found Ditrichocorycaeus dubius []
No picture found Ditrichocorycaeus lubbocki []	No picture found Ditrichocorycaeus subtilis []	No picture found Farranula carinata []
No picture found Farranula concinna []	No picture found Farranula gibbula []	No picture found Farranula gracilis []
No picture found Farranula rostrata []	No picture found Onychocorycaeus agilis []	No picture found Onychocorycaeus catus []
No picture found Onychocorycaeus pacificus []

34 Species of Family Corycaeidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Corycaeus affinis		Northwest Pacific
Corycaeus amazonicus		Atlantic and Pacific Ocea
Corycaeus asiaticus		Northwest Pacific
Corycaeus clausi		Atlantic and Pacific Ocea
Corycaeus concinnus		Northwest Pacific
Corycaeus crassiusculus		Indo-West Pacific
Corycaeus flaccus		Northwest Pacific
Corycaeus furcifer		Northwest Pacific
Corycaeus gibbulus		Western Pacific
Corycaeus giesbrechti		Northwest Pacific
Corycaeus latus		Atlantic, Pacific and Ind
Corycaeus lautus		Northwest Pacific
Corycaeus limbatus		Northwest Pacific
Corycaeus longistylis		Northwest Pacific
Corycaeus ovalis		Western Indian Ocean
Corycaeus pumilus		Northwest Pacific
Corycaeus robustus		Northwest Pacific
Corycaeus speciosus		Indo-West Pacific.
Corycaeus subulatus		Atlantic Ocean.
Corycaeus typicus		Northwest Pacific
Corycaeus varius		Southwest Pacific.
Ditrichocorycaeus andrewsi		Indo-West Pacific
Ditrichocorycaeus dahli		Indo-West Pacific.
Ditrichocorycaeus dubius		Indo-West Pacific
Ditrichocorycaeus lubbocki		Indo-West Pacific
Ditrichocorycaeus subtilis		Indo-West Pacific
Farranula carinata		Atlantic, Pacific and Ind
Farranula concinna		Western Central Pacific.
Farranula gibbula		Western Indian Ocean
Farranula gracilis		Western Central Atlantic
Farranula rostrata		Northwest Pacific
Onychocorycaeus agilis		Indo-West Pacific.
Onychocorycaeus catus		Indo-West Pacific
Onychocorycaeus pacificus		Indo-West Pacific

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