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Family: Philomedidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Euphilomedes carcharodonta []	No picture found Euphilomedes climax []	No picture found Euphilomedes interpuncta []
No picture found Euphilomedes longiseta []	No picture found Euphilomedes moroides []	No picture found Euphilomedes producta []
No picture found Harbansus paucichelatus []	No picture found Philomedes assimilis []	No picture found Philomedes brenda []
No picture found Philomedes dentata []	No picture found Philomedes eugeniae []	No picture found Philomedes globosus []
No picture found Philomedes rotunda []	No picture found Scleroconcha appelloefi []	No picture found Scleroconcha trituberculata []
No picture found Streptoleberis crenulata []

16 Species of Family Philomedidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Euphilomedes carcharodonta		Canada
Euphilomedes climax		Northeast Pacific.
Euphilomedes interpuncta		Northeast Atlantic and No
Euphilomedes longiseta		Canada
Euphilomedes moroides		Western Central Pacific
Euphilomedes producta		Canada
Harbansus paucichelatus		Western Central Atlantic
Philomedes assimilis		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Philomedes brenda		Northwest Atlantic and th
Philomedes dentata		Canada
Philomedes eugeniae		Western Pacific
Philomedes globosus		Arctic
Philomedes rotunda		Antarctic Atlantic
Scleroconcha appelloefi		Antarctic
Scleroconcha trituberculata		Canada
Streptoleberis crenulata		Western Central Pacific

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