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Family: Maeridae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Austromaera brevicaudata []	No picture found Austromaera mastersii []	No picture found Ceradocoides chiltoni []
No picture found Ceradocopsis kergueleni []	No picture found Ceradocus crenatipalma []	No picture found Ceradocus hawaiensis []
No picture found Ceradocus laevis []	No picture found Ceradocus nanhaiensis []	No picture found Ceradocus oxyodus []
No picture found Ceradocus rubromaculatus [Red striped amphipod]	No picture found Ceradocus sheardi []	No picture found Ceradocus shoemakeri []
No picture found Ceradocus spinicaudus []	No picture found Ceradocus wooree []	No picture found Ceradocus yandala []
No picture found Dumosus atari []	No picture found Elasmopus alalo []	No picture found Elasmopus alkahiranensis []
No picture found Elasmopus balkomanus []	No picture found Elasmopus bampo []	No picture found Elasmopus crenulatus []
No picture found Elasmopus hawaiiensis []	No picture found Elasmopus hooheno []	No picture found Elasmopus levis []
No picture found Elasmopus menurte []	No picture found Elasmopus molokai []	No picture found Elasmopus pectenicrus []
No picture found Elasmopus pocillimanus []	No picture found Elasmopus polynesus []	No picture found Elasmopus pseudaffinis []
No picture found Elasmopus rapax []	No picture found Elasmopus slatyeri []	No picture found Elasmopus spinicarpus []
No picture found Elasmopus spinidactylus []	No picture found Elasmopus spinimanus []	No picture found Elasmopus vachoni []
No picture found Elasmopus veranocephalensis []	No picture found Glossomaera octodens []	No picture found Hamimaera hamigera []
No picture found Jerbarnia americana []	No picture found Jerbarnia stocki []	No picture found Linguimaera pirloti []
No picture found Maera danae [Pink beach hopper]	No picture found Maera diffidentia []	No picture found Maera grossimana []
No picture found Maera hirondellei []	No picture found Maera jerrica []	No picture found Maera loveni []
No picture found Maera othonides []	No picture found Maera rathbunae []	No picture found Maera schieckei []
No picture found Maera simile []	No picture found Maera williamsi []	No picture found Maeropsis cobia []
No picture found Maeropsis griffini []	No picture found Mallacoota balara []	No picture found Mallacoota capricornia []
No picture found Mallacoota chandaniae []	No picture found Mallacoota insignis []	No picture found Mallacoota latidactylus []
No picture found Mallacoota nananui []	No picture found Mallacoota schellenbergi []	No picture found Mallacoota scopulosa []
No picture found Mallacoota subcarinata []	Paraceradocus gibber []	Paraceradocus miersi []
No picture found Paraceradocus procerus []	No picture found Paraceradocus ramulus []	Paraceradocus trispinosus []
No picture found Parelasmopus cymatilis []	No picture found Parelasmopus echo []	No picture found Parelasmopus mallacootaformis []
No picture found Parelasmopus suensis []	No picture found Parelasmopus suluensis []	Quadrimaera inaequipes []
No picture found Quadrimaera miranda []	No picture found Quadrimaera pacifica []	No picture found Quadrimaera quadrimana []
No picture found Quadrimaera reishi []	No picture found Quadrimaera serrata []	No picture found Quadrimaera viridis []
No picture found Saurodocus hobbit []	No picture found Saurodocus minimarenus []	No picture found Zygomaera pfefferi []

84 Species of Family Maeridae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution
Austromaera brevicaudata		Western Central Pacific
Austromaera mastersii		South Western Pacific.
Ceradocoides chiltoni		Southern Ocean
Ceradocopsis kergueleni		Southern Ocean
Ceradocus crenatipalma		Western Central Pacific
Ceradocus hawaiensis		Western Pacific
Ceradocus laevis		Western Central Pacific
Ceradocus nanhaiensis		Northwest Pacific
Ceradocus oxyodus		Western Central Pacific
Ceradocus rubromaculatus	Red striped amphipod	Southwest Pacific and Wes
Ceradocus sheardi		Western Central Atlantic
Ceradocus shoemakeri		Western Atlantic
Ceradocus spinicaudus		Northeast Pacific
Ceradocus wooree		Western Central Pacific
Ceradocus yandala		Western Central Pacific
Dumosus atari		Western Central Atlantic
Elasmopus alalo		Central Pacific
Elasmopus alkahiranensis		Indo-Pacific.
Elasmopus balkomanus		Western Atlantic
Elasmopus bampo		Western Atlantic
Elasmopus crenulatus		Western Central Pacific
Elasmopus hawaiiensis		Pacific Ocean
Elasmopus hooheno		Northwest and Central Pac
Elasmopus levis		Western Central Atlantic
Elasmopus menurte		Indian Ocean.
Elasmopus molokai		Northwest Pacific
Elasmopus pectenicrus		Indo-West Pacific and Wes
Elasmopus pocillimanus		Western Atlantic and the
Elasmopus polynesus		Eastern Central Pacific
Elasmopus pseudaffinis		Western Central Pacific
Elasmopus rapax		Northwest Pacific, Northe
Elasmopus slatyeri		Western Central Pacific
Elasmopus spinicarpus		Western Central Pacific
Elasmopus spinidactylus		Northwest Pacific
Elasmopus spinimanus		Northwest Pacific
Elasmopus vachoni		Mediterranean Sea
Elasmopus veranocephalensis		Western Central Pacific
Glossomaera octodens		Western Central Pacific
Hamimaera hamigera		Northwest Pacific
Jerbarnia americana		Western Central Atlantic.
Jerbarnia stocki		Western Central Pacific
Linguimaera pirloti		Western Central Pacific
Maera danae	Pink beach hopper	Northeast Pacific and Nor
Maera diffidentia		Western Central Atlantic.
Maera grossimana		Mediterranean
Maera hirondellei		Northwest Pacific
Maera jerrica		Western Atlantic
Maera loveni		Northeast Atlantic
Maera othonides		Northwest Pacific
Maera rathbunae		Western Atlantic
Maera schieckei		Mediterranean
Maera simile		Northeast Pacific
Maera williamsi		Western Atlantic
Maeropsis cobia		Western Central Pacific
Maeropsis griffini		Western Central Pacific
Mallacoota balara		Western Central Pacific
Mallacoota capricornia		Western Central Pacific
Mallacoota chandaniae		Western Central Pacific
Mallacoota insignis		Northwest Pacific
Mallacoota latidactylus		Western Indian Ocean
Mallacoota nananui		Western Central Pacific
Mallacoota schellenbergi		Western Central Pacific
Mallacoota scopulosa		Western Central Pacific
Mallacoota subcarinata		Indo-West Pacific and the
Paraceradocus gibber		Antarctic Atlantic.
Paraceradocus miersi		Antarctic Atlantic
Paraceradocus procerus		Antarctic Atlantic
Paraceradocus ramulus		Antarctic Atlantic
Paraceradocus trispinosus		Antarctic Atlantic.
Parelasmopus cymatilis		Western Central Pacific
Parelasmopus echo		Northwest Pacific
Parelasmopus mallacootaformis		Western Central Pacific
Parelasmopus suensis		Western Central Pacific
Parelasmopus suluensis		Western Indian Ocean
Quadrimaera inaequipes		North Atlantic, Mediterra
Quadrimaera miranda		Western Central Atlantic
Quadrimaera pacifica		Western Pacific and Weste
Quadrimaera quadrimana		Pacific Ocean and Western
Quadrimaera reishi		Southeast Pacific
Quadrimaera serrata		Western Central Pacific a
Quadrimaera viridis		Southwest Pacific
Saurodocus hobbit		Western Central Pacific
Saurodocus minimarenus		Western Central Pacific
Zygomaera pfefferi		Antarctic Atlantic

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