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Family: Cephalodiscidae (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 Atubaria heterolopha []	No picture found Cephalodiscus atlanticus []	No picture found Cephalodiscus australiensis []
No picture found Cephalodiscus calciformis []	Cephalodiscus densus []	No picture found Cephalodiscus evansi []
No picture found Cephalodiscus fumosus []	No picture found Cephalodiscus gilchristi []	No picture found Cephalodiscus gracilis []
No picture found Cephalodiscus graptolitoides []	Cephalodiscus hodgsoni []	No picture found Cephalodiscus indicus []
No picture found Cephalodiscus levinsoni []	Cephalodiscus nigrescens []	No picture found Cephalodiscus sibogae []
No picture found Cephalodiscus solidus []

16 Species of Family Cephalodiscidae
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Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Atubaria heterolopha	Northwest Pacific
Cephalodiscus atlanticus	Western Central Atlantic
Cephalodiscus australiensis	Eastern Indian Ocean
Cephalodiscus calciformis	Western Indian Ocean
Cephalodiscus densus	Antarctic Pacific
Cephalodiscus evansi	Southwest Pacific
Cephalodiscus fumosus	Western Central Pacific
Cephalodiscus gilchristi	Western Indian Ocean
Cephalodiscus gracilis	Indo-Pacific and Western
Cephalodiscus graptolitoides	Western Central Pacific
Cephalodiscus hodgsoni	Antarctic
Cephalodiscus indicus	Western Central Atlantic
Cephalodiscus levinsoni	Northwest Pacific
Cephalodiscus nigrescens	Antarctic.	19 TL
Cephalodiscus sibogae	Indo-Pacific and Antarcti
Cephalodiscus solidus	Antarctica and Australia.

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