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Family: Macrodasyidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Macrodasys achradocytalis []	No picture found Macrodasys affinis []	No picture found Macrodasys africanus []
No picture found Macrodasys ancocytalis []	No picture found Macrodasys balticus []	No picture found Macrodasys blysocytalis []
No picture found Macrodasys buddenbrocki []	No picture found Macrodasys caudatus []	No picture found Macrodasys cephalatus []
No picture found Macrodasys cunctatus []	No picture found Macrodasys dolichocytalis []	No picture found Macrodasys fornerise []
No picture found Macrodasys gerlachi []	No picture found Macrodasys meristocytalis []	No picture found Macrodasys neapolitanus []
No picture found Macrodasys pacificus []	No picture found Macrodasys remanei []	No picture found Macrodasys stenocytalis []
No picture found Macrodasys thuscus []	No picture found Urodasys acanthostylis []	No picture found Urodasys anorektoxys []
No picture found Urodasys apuliensis []	No picture found Urodasys bucinostylis []	No picture found Urodasys calicostylis []
No picture found Urodasys cornustylus []	No picture found Urodasys elongatus []	No picture found Urodasys mirabilis []
No picture found Urodasys nodostylus []	No picture found Urodasys roscoffensis []	No picture found Urodasys spirostylus []
No picture found Urodasys viviparus []

31 Species of Family Macrodasyidae
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Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Macrodasys achradocytalis	Western Atlantic.
Macrodasys affinis	Northeast Atlantic
Macrodasys africanus	Black Sea
Macrodasys ancocytalis	Western Atlantic.
Macrodasys balticus	Northeast Atlantic
Macrodasys blysocytalis	Western Atlantic.
Macrodasys buddenbrocki	Northeast Atlantic and Bl
Macrodasys caudatus	Northern Atlantic, Indian	0.053 TL
Macrodasys cephalatus	Northeast Atlantic.
Macrodasys cunctatus	Northeast Pacific	0.12 BASL
Macrodasys dolichocytalis	Western Central Atlantic
Macrodasys fornerise	Southwest Pacific	0.0703 BL
Macrodasys gerlachi	Mediterranean Sea
Macrodasys meristocytalis	Eastern Pacific and Weste
Macrodasys neapolitanus	Mediterranean Sea
Macrodasys pacificus	Southeast Pacific and Eas
Macrodasys remanei	Northeast Atlantic
Macrodasys stenocytalis	Western Atlantic.
Macrodasys thuscus	Mediterranean Sea
Urodasys acanthostylis	Mediterranean Sea
Urodasys anorektoxys	Eastern Central Pacific	0.11 BL
Urodasys apuliensis	Mediterranean Sea
Urodasys bucinostylis	Mediterranean Sea
Urodasys calicostylis	Western Atlantic Ocean
Urodasys cornustylus	Western Central Pacific
Urodasys elongatus	Indo-West Pacific and Wes
Urodasys mirabilis	Northeast Atlantic.
Urodasys nodostylus	Western Atlantic Ocean
Urodasys roscoffensis	Northeast Atlantic
Urodasys spirostylus	Western Atlantic Ocean
Urodasys viviparus	Indian Ocean, Atlantic Oc	0.038 TL

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