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Family: Spadellidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Aberrospadella verruculosa []	No picture found Bathyspadella edentata []	No picture found Bathyspadella oxydentata []
No picture found Calispadella alata []	No picture found Hemispadella dauvini []	No picture found Paraspadella anops []
No picture found Paraspadella gotoi []	No picture found Paraspadella hummelincki []	No picture found Paraspadella johnstoni []
No picture found Paraspadella legazpichessi []	No picture found Paraspadella nana []	No picture found Paraspadella pimukatharos []
No picture found Paraspadella pulchella []	No picture found Paraspadella schizoptera []	No picture found Paraspadella sheardi []
No picture found Spadella angulata []	No picture found Spadella antarctica []	No picture found Spadella birostrata []
Spadella boucheri []	No picture found Spadella bradshawi []	No picture found Spadella cephaloptera []
No picture found Spadella duverti []	No picture found Spadella equidentata []	No picture found Spadella gaetanoi []
No picture found Spadella japonica []	No picture found Spadella lainezi []	No picture found Spadella ledoyeri []
No picture found Spadella moretonensis []	No picture found Spadella nunezi []	No picture found Spadella xcalakensis []

30 Species of Family Spadellidae
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Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Aberrospadella verruculosa	Northwest Pacific.
Bathyspadella edentata	Northwest Pacific	1.2 BL
Bathyspadella oxydentata	Northwest Pacific	1.55 BL
Calispadella alata	Mid-Atlantic Ridge.	0.395 BL
Hemispadella dauvini	Northern and eastern Atla	1.85 BL
Paraspadella anops	Western Central Atlantic	0.4 BL
Paraspadella gotoi	Northwest Pacific	0.6 BL
Paraspadella hummelincki	Western Central Atlantic.	0.3 BL
Paraspadella johnstoni	Southern Pacific.	0.5 BL
Paraspadella legazpichessi	Western Central Pacific	0.2 BL
Paraspadella nana	Western Central Atlantic	0.3 BL
Paraspadella pimukatharos	Eastern Central Pacific	0.4 BL
Paraspadella pulchella	Western Central Atlantic.	0.3 BL
Paraspadella schizoptera	Western Central Pacific	0.5 BL
Paraspadella sheardi	Southern Pacific.	0.7 BL
Spadella angulata	Northwest Pacific	0.6 BL
Spadella antarctica	Antarctic Atlantic.	0.6 BL
Spadella birostrata	Northeast Atlantic and th	0.8 BL
Spadella boucheri	Northwest Pacific	0.13 BL
Spadella bradshawi	Eastern Central Pacific	0.65 BL
Spadella cephaloptera	Circumglobal between 40°	0.55 BL
Spadella duverti	Eastern Central Atlantic	0.45 BL
Spadella equidentata	Northeast Atlantic	0.7 BL
Spadella gaetanoi	Eastern Central Pacific	0.3 BL
Spadella japonica	Northwest Pacific	0.4 BL
Spadella lainezi	Eastern Central Atlantic	0.45 BL
Spadella ledoyeri	Mediterranean Sea	0.66 BL
Spadella moretonensis	Western Central Pacific.	0.4 BL
Spadella nunezi	Eastern Central Atlantic	0.23 BL
Spadella xcalakensis	Western Central Atlantic	0.37 BL

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