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Family: Upogebiidae mud shrimps (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Acutigebia danai []	No picture found Aethogebia gorei []	No picture found Gebiacantha albengai []
No picture found Gebiacantha lagonensis []	No picture found Gebiacantha lifuensis []	No picture found Gebiacantha multispinosa []
No picture found Gebiacantha richeri []	No picture found Neogebicula johorensis []	No picture found Pomatogebia operculata []
No picture found Upogebia acanthura []	No picture found Upogebia affinis [Coastal mud shrimp]	No picture found Upogebia africana []
No picture found Upogebia allobranchus []	No picture found Upogebia ancylodactyla []	No picture found Upogebia annae []
No picture found Upogebia barbata []	No picture found Upogebia bowerbankii []	No picture found Upogebia capensis [Cape mud shrimp]
No picture found Upogebia carinicauda []	No picture found Upogebia darwinii []	Upogebia deltaura []
No picture found Upogebia edulis []	No picture found Upogebia felderi []	No picture found Upogebia gracilis []
No picture found Upogebia holthuisi []	No picture found Upogebia inomissa []	Upogebia major [Japanese mud shrimp]
No picture found Upogebia marina []	No picture found Upogebia omissa []	No picture found Upogebia ovalis []
No picture found Upogebia pseudochelata []	Upogebia pugettensis [Blue mud shrimp]	No picture found Upogebia pugnax []
Upogebia pusilla [Mediterranenan mud shrimp]	No picture found Upogebia savignyi []	No picture found Upogebia singaporensis []
No picture found Upogebia spinistipula []	No picture found Upogebia stellata []	No picture found Upogebia stenorhynchus []
No picture found Upogebia takaoensis []	No picture found Upogebia tipica []	No picture found Upogebia vasquezi []
No picture found Upogebia wuhsienweni [Chinese mud lobster]	No picture found Wolffogebia inermis []	No picture found Wolffogebia phuketensis [Mangrove mud shrimp]

45 Species of Family Upogebiidae
(mud shrimps)

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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Acutigebia danai		Southwest Pacific.
Aethogebia gorei		Western Central Atlantic.
Gebiacantha albengai		Eastern Central Pacific
Gebiacantha lagonensis		Western Central Pacific
Gebiacantha lifuensis		Western Central Pacific
Gebiacantha multispinosa		Western Central Pacific
Gebiacantha richeri		Western Central Pacific
Neogebicula johorensis		Western Central Pacific
Pomatogebia operculata		Western Central Atlantic
Upogebia acanthura		Western Atlantic.
Upogebia affinis	Coastal mud shrimp	Western Atlantic Ocean.
Upogebia africana		Western Indian Ocean and
Upogebia allobranchus		Western Central Pacific
Upogebia ancylodactyla		Western Central Pacific.
Upogebia annae		Western Central Atlantic.
Upogebia barbata		Western Central Pacific
Upogebia bowerbankii		Eastern Indian Ocean
Upogebia capensis	Cape mud shrimp	Southeast Atlantic and We
Upogebia carinicauda		Indo-West Pacific.
Upogebia darwinii		Indo-West Pacific.
Upogebia deltaura		Northeast Atlantic
Upogebia edulis		Western Pacific.
Upogebia felderi		Western Central Atlantic
Upogebia gracilis		Western Central Pacific
Upogebia holthuisi		Western Central Pacific
Upogebia inomissa		Western Central Atlantic
Upogebia major	Japanese mud shrimp	Northwest Pacific	9.5 BL
Upogebia marina		Southwest Atlantic
Upogebia omissa		Western Central Atlantic
Upogebia ovalis		Western Central Pacific
Upogebia pseudochelata		Western Indian Ocean
Upogebia pugettensis	Blue mud shrimp	Eastern Pacific	15 TL
Upogebia pugnax		Western Central Pacific
Upogebia pusilla	Mediterranenan mud shrimp	Eastern Atlantic, Mediter	8 BL
Upogebia savignyi		Western Indian Ocean.
Upogebia singaporensis		Western Central Pacific
Upogebia spinistipula		Western Central Atlantic
Upogebia stellata		Northeast Atlantic
Upogebia stenorhynchus		Western Central Pacific
Upogebia takaoensis		Northwest Pacific
Upogebia tipica		Mediterranean Sea.
Upogebia vasquezi		Western Atlantic.
Upogebia wuhsienweni	Chinese mud lobster	Northwest Pacific
Wolffogebia inermis		Western Central Pacific
Wolffogebia phuketensis	Mangrove mud shrimp	Indo-West Pacific

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