Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Gastrosaccus australis				1923
Gastrosaccus brevifissura				1952
Gastrosaccus dakini
Gastrosaccus dunckeri				1915
Gastrosaccus erythraeus
Gastrosaccus formosensis		Northwest Pacific		1964
Gastrosaccus gordonae		Northwest Pacific
Gastrosaccus hibii		Northwest Pacific		1964
Gastrosaccus indicus		Northwest Pacific
Gastrosaccus kempi		Western Indian Ocean		1922
Gastrosaccus mediterraneus		Mediterranean Sea.		1970
Gastrosaccus msangii		Mediterranean Sea.		1975
Gastrosaccus muticus		Mediterranean Sea.
Gastrosaccus ohshimai		Mediterranean Sea.
Gastrosaccus olivae		Mediterranean Sea.		1970
Gastrosaccus pacificus		Mediterranean Sea.
Gastrosaccus parvus		Mediterranean Sea.
Gastrosaccus pelagicus		Northwest Pacific		1964
Gastrosaccus psammodytes		Northwest Pacific		1958
Gastrosaccus pusillus		Northwest Pacific
Gastrosaccus roscoffensis		Mediterranean Sea		1970
Gastrosaccus sanctus		Western Indian Ocean, Eas		1861
Gastrosaccus simulans		Western Indian Ocean, Eas
Gastrosaccus spinifer		Northeast Atlantic and th	2.1 TL	1863
Gibberythrops acanthura		Northeast Atlantic and th		1906
Gibberythrops brevisquamosa		Northeast Atlantic and th
Gymnerythrops macrops		Northeast Atlantic and th		1973
Gymnerythrops microps		Northeast Atlantic and th		1936
Haplostylus bacescui		Mediterranean Sea		1977
Haplostylus bengalensis		Indo-West Pacific.		1910
Haplostylus estafricana		Indo-West Pacific.		1973
Haplostylus lobatus		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1951
Haplostylus magnilobatus		Mediterranean Sea		1974
Haplostylus normani		Eastern Atlantic, Western		1877
Haplostylus parerythraeus		Western Indian Ocean		1944
Haplostylus quadrispinosus		Western Indian Ocean		2004
Harmelinella mariannae		Mediterranean Sea		1989
Hemimysis abyssicola		Northeast Atlantic, Black		1869
Hemimysis anomala	Bloody-red shrimp	Ponto-Caspian Region, Bla		1907
Hemimysis lamornae		Atlantic, Mediterranean a		1856
Hemimysis margalefi		Mediterranean Sea.		1986
Hemimysis serrata		Mediterranean Sea.		1938
Hemimysis speluncola		Mediterranean Sea		1963
Hemisiriella abbreviata		Mediterranean Sea		1912
Hemisiriella gardineri		Mediterranean Sea		1912
Hemisiriella parva		Indo-Pacific.		1910
Hemisiriella pulchra		Northwest Pacific		1910
Heteroerythrops microps		Northwest Pacific		1966
Heteroerythrops purpura		Northwest Pacific		1955
Heteroerythrops tanseii		Northwest Pacific		1966
Heteromysis abednavandii		Northwest Pacific		2020
Heteromysis actiniae		Western Central Atlantic		1955
Heteromysis arianii		Mediterranean Sea		2000
Heteromysis armoricana		Mediterranean Sea		1940
Heteromysis atlantidea		Mediterranean Sea		1961
Heteromysis beetoni		Mediterranean Sea		1984
Heteromysis bermudensis		Mediterranean Sea		1885
Heteromysis bredini		Mediterranean Sea		1970
Heteromysis brucei		Mediterranean Sea		1967
Heteromysis digitata		Mediterranean Sea		1927
Heteromysis dispar		Mediterranean Sea		1970
Heteromysis disrupta		Mediterranean Sea		1970
Heteromysis domusmaris		Mediterranean Sea		2019
Heteromysis eideri		Mediterranean Sea		1941
Heteromysis ekamako		Eastern Central Pacific		2016
Heteromysis elegans		Eastern Central Pacific		1974
Heteromysis filitelsona		Eastern Central Pacific		1984
Heteromysis floridensis		Eastern Central Pacific		1969
Heteromysis gerlachei		Eastern Central Pacific		1902
Heteromysis gomezi		Eastern Central Pacific		1970
Heteromysis guitarti		Eastern Central Pacific		1968
Heteromysis gulfarii		Eastern Central Pacific		2021
Heteromysis harpaxoides		Eastern Indian Ocean		1980
Heteromysis korntalensis		Eastern Indian Ocean		2021
Heteromysis kossmanni		Eastern Indian Ocean		1964
Heteromysis lybiana		Mediterranean Sea		1976
Heteromysis macropsis		Mediterranean Sea		1961
Heteromysis mayana		Mediterranean Sea		1970
Heteromysis meenakshiae		Northwest Pacific		2000
Heteromysis microps		Northeast Atlantic and th		1877
Heteromysis minuta		Northeast Atlantic and th		1967
Heteromysis muelleri		Mediterranean Sea		1976
Heteromysis norvegica		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1882
Heteromysis nouveli		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1969
Heteromysis odontops		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1898
Heteromysis pacifica		Western Central Pacific.		1967
Heteromysis panamaensis		Western Central Pacific.		1967
Heteromysis proxima		Western Indian Ocean		1922
Heteromysis riedli		Mediterranean Sea		2001
Heteromysis rubrocincta		Mediterranean Sea		1968
Heteromysis schoenbrunnensis		Mediterranean Sea		2021
Heteromysis siciliseta		Mediterranean Sea		1970
Heteromysis singaporensis		Mediterranean Sea		1967
Heteromysis spinosa		Eastern Indian Ocean		1986
Heteromysis tasmanica		Eastern Indian Ocean		1927
Heteromysis tattersalli		Eastern Indian Ocean		1942
Heteromysis waitei		Eastern Indian Ocean		1927
Heteromysis xanthops		Eastern Indian Ocean		1964
Heteromysis zeylanica		Eastern Indian Ocean		1922
Heteromysoides cotti		Eastern Indian Ocean		1932
Heteromysoides kumejimensis		Eastern Indian Ocean		2020
Heteromysoides songkhlaensis		Eastern Indian Ocean		2019
Heteromysoides spongicola		Eastern Indian Ocean		1968
Holmesiella affinis		Eastern Indian Ocean		1937
Holmesiella anomala		Eastern Indian Ocean		1908
Holmesimysis costata		Eastern Central Pacific		1900
Holmesimysis nuda		Eastern Central Pacific		1948
Holmesimysis nudensis		Eastern Central Pacific		1979
Holmesimysis sculptoides		Eastern Central Pacific		1979
Hyperamblyops antarctica		Eastern Central Pacific		1913
Hyperamblyops japonica		Eastern Central Pacific		1964
Hyperamblyops megalops		Eastern Central Pacific		1955
Hyperamblyops nana		Eastern Central Pacific		1958
Hypererythrops caribbaea		Eastern Central Pacific		1937
Hypererythrops elegantula		Eastern Central Pacific		1974
Hypererythrops richardi		Mediterranean Sea		1941
Hypererythrops serriventer		Mediterranean Sea		1905
Hypererythrops spinifera		Northwest Pacific		1910
Hypererythrops zimmeri		Indo-Pacific and the Medi		1937
Hyperiimysis madagascariensis		Indo-Pacific and the Medi		1966
Iimysis atlantica		Indo-Pacific and the Medi		1942
Iimysis orientalis		Indo-Pacific and the Medi		1937
Indomysis annandalei		Western Indian Ocean		1914
Indomysis nybini		Western Indian Ocean		2010
Inusitatomysis californica		Western Indian Ocean
Inusitatomysis insolita		Western Indian Ocean		1940
Inusitatomysis serrata		Western Indian Ocean
Kainomatomysis foxi		Western Indian Ocean and		1927
Kainomatomysis schieckei		Western Indian Ocean and		1973
Katamysis warpachowskyi		Western Indian Ocean and		1893
Katerythrops oceanae		Western Indian Ocean and		1905
Katerythrops resimora		Western Indian Ocean and		1955
Katerythrops tattersalli		Western Indian Ocean and		1930
Katerythrops triangulata		Western Indian Ocean and		1977
Leptomysis australiensis		Western Indian Ocean and
Leptomysis buergii		Mediterranean Sea.		1966
Leptomysis capensis		Mediterranean Sea.		1906
Leptomysis gracilis		Northeast Atlantic and th		1864
Leptomysis heterophila		Northeast Atlantic and th		1986
Leptomysis lingvura		Northeast Atlantic and th		1866
Leptomysis mediterranea		Northeast Atlantic and th		1877
Leptomysis megalops		Eastern Atlantic and the		1915
Leptomysis posidoniae		Mediterranean Sea		1986
Leptomysis sardica		Mediterranean Sea
Leptomysis truncata		Mediterranean Sea.		1863
Leptomysis xenops		Mediterranean Sea.
Limnomysis benedeni		Ponto-Caspian Region.		1882
Longithorax alicei		Ponto-Caspian Region.		1942
Longithorax capensis		Ponto-Caspian Region.		1914
Longithorax fuscus		Ponto-Caspian Region.		1908
Longithorax nouveli		Ponto-Caspian Region.		1955
Longithorax similerythrops		Ponto-Caspian Region.		1906
Lycomysis bispina		Ponto-Caspian Region.		1940
Lycomysis platycauda		Western Indian Ocean		1961
Lycomysis spinicauda		Western Indian Ocean		1910
Mesacanthomysis pygmaea		Western Indian Ocean		1967
Mesopodopsis aegyptia		Mediterranean Sea.		1992
Mesopodopsis africana		Mediterranean Sea.		1952
Mesopodopsis orientalis		Mediterranean Sea.		1908
Mesopodopsis slabberi		Atlantic, Black Sea and t		1861
Mesopodopsis zeylanica		Atlantic, Black Sea and t		1954
Metamblyops macrops		Atlantic, Black Sea and t		1937
Metamblyops oculata		Atlantic, Black Sea and t		1907
Metamblyops philippinensis		Atlantic, Black Sea and t		1951
Metamblyops stephensoni		Atlantic, Black Sea and t
Metamysidopsis elongata		Atlantic, Black Sea and t		1900
Metamysidopsis insularis		Atlantic, Black Sea and t		1970
Metamysidopsis macaensis		Atlantic, Black Sea and t		1970
Metamysidopsis mexicana		Atlantic, Black Sea and t		1969
Metamysidopsis munda		Atlantic, Black Sea and t		1918
Metamysidopsis pacifica		Atlantic, Black Sea and t		1918
Metamysidopsis swifti		Atlantic, Black Sea and t		1969
Meterythrops japonica		Atlantic, Black Sea and t		1977
Meterythrops megalops		Atlantic, Black Sea and t		1964
Meterythrops microphthalmus		Atlantic, Black Sea and t
Meterythrops picta		Atlantic, Black Sea and t		1905
Meterythrops robusta		Arctic		1879
Michthyops arcticus		Arctic		1993
Michthyops parva		Arctic		1897
Michthyops theeli		Arctic		1901
Mysideis insignis		Arctic		1864
Mysideis parva		Northeast Atlantic and th		1915
Mysidella americana		Northeast Atlantic and th		1948
Mysidella biscayensis		Northeast Atlantic and th		1980
Mysidella minuta		Northeast Atlantic and th		1973
Mysidella nana		Northeast Atlantic and th		1970
Mysidella tanakai		Northeast Atlantic and th		1964
Mysidella typhlops		Northeast Atlantic and th		1872
Mysidella typica		Northeast Atlantic and th		1872
Mysidetes anomala		Northeast Atlantic and th		1955
Mysidetes antarctica		Northeast Atlantic and th		1965
Mysidetes brachylepis		Antarctic Atlantic		1923
Mysidetes crassa		Antarctic Atlantic		1913
Mysidetes dimorpha		Antarctic Atlantic		1955
Mysidetes farrani		Northeast Atlantic and th		1905
Mysidetes hanseni		Northeast Atlantic and th		1914
Mysidetes intermedia		Northeast Atlantic and th		1955
Mysidetes kerguelensis		Antarctic Atlantic		1906
Mysidetes macrops		Antarctic Atlantic		1955
Mysidetes microps		Antarctic Atlantic		1955
Mysidetes patagonica		Antarctic Atlantic		1955
Mysidetes peruana		Antarctic Atlantic		1967
Mysidetes posthon		Antarctic		1906
Mysidium columbiae	Opossum shrimp	Western Central Atlantic		1915
Mysidium gracile		Western Central Atlantic		1852
Mysidopsis acuta		Antarctic Atlantic		1913
Mysidopsis almyra		Western Central Atlantic.
Mysidopsis angusta		Northeast Atlantic and th		1864
Mysidopsis ankeli		Northeast Atlantic and th		1973
Mysidopsis arenosa		Northeast Atlantic and th		1974
Mysidopsis bigelowi		Northeast Atlantic and th
Mysidopsis bispinosa		Northeast Atlantic and th		1969
Mysidopsis bispinulata		Northeast Atlantic and th		1974
Mysidopsis brattstroemi		Northeast Atlantic and th		1969
Mysidopsis californica		Northeast Atlantic and th		1932
Mysidopsis camelina		Northeast Atlantic and th		1955
Mysidopsis coelhoi		Northeast Atlantic and th		1968
Mysidopsis coralicola		Northeast Atlantic and th		1975
Mysidopsis cultrata		Northeast Atlantic and th		1973
Mysidopsis didelphys		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1863
Mysidopsis eclipes		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1969
Mysidopsis eremita		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1962
Mysidopsis furca		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1957
Mysidopsis gibbosa		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1864
Mysidopsis hellvillensis		Atlantic and the Mediterr		1964
Mysidopsis indica		Northwest Pacific		1922
Mysidopsis intii		Northwest Pacific		1957
Mysidopsis japonica		Northwest Pacific		1964
Mysidopsis kempi		Western Indian Ocean		1922
Mysidopsis kenyana		Western Indian Ocean		1973
Mysidopsis major		Western Indian Ocean		1928
Mysidopsis mathewsoni		Western Indian Ocean		1969
Mysidopsis mauchlinei		Western Indian Ocean		1974
Mysidopsis robusta		Western Indian Ocean		1974
Mysidopsis robustispina		Western Indian Ocean		1969
Mysidopsis schultzei		Western Indian Ocean		1928
Mysidopsis similis		Western Indian Ocean		1928
Mysidopsis suedafrikana		Western Indian Ocean		1969
Mysidopsis surugae		Western Indian Ocean		1970
Mysidopsis taironana		Western Indian Ocean
Mysidopsis virgulata		Western Indian Ocean		1974
Mysimenzies hadalis		Western Indian Ocean		1971
Mysis amblyops		Western Indian Ocean		1907
Mysis australe		Antarctic Atlantic		1955
Mysis caspia		Antarctic Atlantic		1895
Mysis gaspensis		Northwest Atlantic	2 TL	1954
Mysis litoralis		Arctic and Northwest Atla		1948
Mysis macrolepis		Arctic and Northwest Atla		1907
Mysis microphthalma		Arctic and Northwest Atla		1895
Mysis mixta		Northern Atlantic		1852

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Species Identification: Find Species

Family: Mysidae (See list of species below)

Family: Mysidae

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