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Family: Stegocephalidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Andaniexis lupus []	No picture found Andaniexis ollii []	No picture found Andaniopsis pectinata []
Andaniotes linearis []	No picture found Andaniotes pooh []	Andaniotes pseudolinearis []
Parandania boecki []	No picture found Parandania gigantea []	No picture found Phippsiella similis []
No picture found Stegocephalina pacis []	No picture found Stegocephalopsis ampulla []	No picture found Stegocephalus ampulla []
Stegocephalus inflatus []	No picture found Stegocephalus kergueleni []	No picture found Stegosoladidus ingens []
No picture found Steleuthera ecoprophycea []	Tetradeion crassum []	No picture found Tetradeion dampieri []

18 Species of Family Stegocephalidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Andaniexis lupus		Northeast Atlantic
Andaniexis ollii		Antarctica
Andaniopsis pectinata		Arctic and Northwest Atla
Andaniotes linearis		Southern Ocean
Andaniotes pooh		Southwest Pacific and Sub
Andaniotes pseudolinearis		Antarctic Atlantic
Parandania boecki		Southwest Pacific and Ant
Parandania gigantea		Southwest Pacific and Ant
Phippsiella similis		Arctic
Stegocephalina pacis		Southern Ocean
Stegocephalopsis ampulla		Arctic and Northeast Atla
Stegocephalus ampulla		Northeast Atlantic and th
Stegocephalus inflatus		Northern Pacific, Northea
Stegocephalus kergueleni		Southern Ocean
Stegosoladidus ingens		Southern Ocean
Steleuthera ecoprophycea		Northeast Atlantic.
Tetradeion crassum		Antarctic Atlantic
Tetradeion dampieri		Western Central Pacific

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