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Non-fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Scinidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Acanthoscina acanthodes []	No picture found Scina borealis []	No picture found Scina crassicornis []
No picture found Scina curvidactyla []	No picture found Scina damasii []	No picture found Scina incerta []
No picture found Scina lamperti []	No picture found Scina langhansi []	No picture found Scina lepisma []
No picture found Scina marginata []	No picture found Scina nana []	No picture found Scina oedicarpus []
No picture found Scina pacifica []	Scina rattrayi []	No picture found Scina similis []
No picture found Scina spinosa []	No picture found Scina stenopus []	No picture found Scina submarginata []
Scina tullbergi []	No picture found Scina uncipes []	No picture found Scina vosseleri []
No picture found Scina wolterecki []

22 Species of Family Scinidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Acanthoscina acanthodes		Northwest Pacific
Scina borealis		Western Pacific, Western
Scina crassicornis		Western Pacific
Scina curvidactyla		Northwest Pacific
Scina damasii		Northwest Pacific
Scina incerta		Western Pacific
Scina lamperti		Western Central Pacific
Scina langhansi		Western Central Pacific
Scina lepisma		Circumtropical.
Scina marginata		Western Pacific
Scina nana		Northwest Pacific
Scina oedicarpus		Western Central Pacific
Scina pacifica		Western Central Pacific
Scina rattrayi		Northwest Pacific and Ant
Scina similis		Western Pacific
Scina spinosa		Western Pacific
Scina stenopus		Northwest Pacific
Scina submarginata		Northwest Pacific
Scina tullbergi		Western Pacific
Scina uncipes		Western Central Pacific
Scina vosseleri		Western Central Pacific
Scina wolterecki		Western Central Pacific

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