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Family: Trachyleberididae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Actinocythereis dunelmensis []	No picture found Alocopocythere reticulata []	No picture found Bathycythere audax []
No picture found Bradleya dictyon []	No picture found Bradleya normani []	No picture found Bradleya wyvillethomsoni []
No picture found Cletocythereis rastromarginata []	No picture found Cletocythereis watsonae []	No picture found Dutoitella suhmi []
No picture found Echinocythereis echinata []	No picture found Hemikrithe peterseni []	No picture found Henryhowella dasyderma []
No picture found Keijella karwarensis []	No picture found Keijella nealei []	No picture found Lankacythere elaborata []
No picture found Lankacythere scotti []	No picture found Legitimocythere acanthoderma []	No picture found Legitimocythere presequenta []
No picture found Normanicythere leioderma []	No picture found Pennyella dorsoserrata []	No picture found Pennyella horrida []
No picture found Phacorhabdotus posteropunctissimus []	No picture found Philoneptunus cassidyi []	No picture found Philoneptunus paragravezea []
No picture found Ponticocythereis icthyoderma []	No picture found Pseudobosquetina mucronalata []	No picture found Pseudocythereis spinifera []
No picture found Pterygocythereis jonesii []	No picture found Puricythereis exquisita []	No picture found Robertsonites tuberculatus []
No picture found Stigmatocythere indica []	No picture found Taracythere abyssora []	No picture found Trachyleberis bathymarina []
No picture found Venericythere darwini []	No picture found Venericythere papuensis []

35 Species of Family Trachyleberididae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Actinocythereis dunelmensis		Arctic
Alocopocythere reticulata		Western Indian Ocean.
Bathycythere audax		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Bradleya dictyon		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Bradleya normani		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Bradleya wyvillethomsoni		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Cletocythereis rastromarginata		Central Pacific.
Cletocythereis watsonae		Indo-Pacific
Dutoitella suhmi		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Echinocythereis echinata		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Hemikrithe peterseni		Indo-West Pacific.
Henryhowella dasyderma		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Keijella karwarensis		Indian Ocean.
Keijella nealei		Western Indian Ocean
Lankacythere elaborata		Indian Ocean.
Lankacythere scotti		Western Central Pacific
Legitimocythere acanthoderma		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Legitimocythere presequenta		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Normanicythere leioderma		Arctic
Pennyella dorsoserrata		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Pennyella horrida		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Phacorhabdotus posteropunctissimus		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Philoneptunus cassidyi		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Philoneptunus paragravezea		Southwest Pacific
Ponticocythereis icthyoderma		Western Central Pacific
Pseudobosquetina mucronalata		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Pseudocythereis spinifera		Antarctic Atlantic
Pterygocythereis jonesii		North Atlantic and the Me
Puricythereis exquisita		Western Indian Ocean
Robertsonites tuberculatus		Northeast Atlantic
Stigmatocythere indica		Western Indian Ocean
Taracythere abyssora		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Trachyleberis bathymarina		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Venericythere darwini		Indo-West Pacific.
Venericythere papuensis		Western Indian Ocean

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