Fish Identification

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Fish Identification

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Non-fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Ophiotrichidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Gymnolophus obscura []	No picture found Ophiocnemis marmorata []	No picture found Ophiogymna elegans []
No picture found Ophiogymna funesta []	No picture found Ophiogymna pellicula []	No picture found Ophiogymna pulchella []
No picture found Ophiolophus novarae []	No picture found Ophiomaza cacaotica []	No picture found Ophiopsammium rugosum []
No picture found Ophiopsammium semperi []	No picture found Ophiopteron elegans []	No picture found Ophiopteron vitense []
No picture found Ophiopteron vitiense []	No picture found Ophiothela danae []	No picture found Ophiothela gracilis []
No picture found Ophiothela mirabilis []	No picture found Ophiothela venusta []	No picture found Ophiothrix angulata [Angular brittle star]
No picture found Ophiothrix aristulata []	No picture found Ophiothrix armata []	No picture found Ophiothrix brachyactis []
No picture found Ophiothrix capillaris []	No picture found Ophiothrix ciliaris []	No picture found Ophiothrix cimar []
No picture found Ophiothrix contenta []	No picture found Ophiothrix crassispina []	No picture found Ophiothrix deceptor []
No picture found Ophiothrix elegans []	No picture found Ophiothrix eurycolpodes []	No picture found Ophiothrix exigua [Short-spined brittle star]
No picture found Ophiothrix foveolata []	Ophiothrix fragilis [Common brittle star]	No picture found Ophiothrix fumaria []
No picture found Ophiothrix infirma []	No picture found Ophiothrix koreana []	No picture found Ophiothrix lepidus []
No picture found Ophiothrix leucotrigona []	No picture found Ophiothrix lineata []	No picture found Ophiothrix luetkeni []
No picture found Ophiothrix marenzelleri []	No picture found Ophiothrix miles []	No picture found Ophiothrix oerstedii [Oersted's brittle star]
No picture found Ophiothrix oliveri []	No picture found Ophiothrix panchyendyta []	No picture found Ophiothrix picteti []
No picture found Ophiothrix plana []	No picture found Ophiothrix prostata []	No picture found Ophiothrix proteus []
No picture found Ophiothrix purpurea [Purple brittle star]	No picture found Ophiothrix pusilla []	No picture found Ophiothrix rotata []
No picture found Ophiothrix savignyi [Long spined brittle star]	No picture found Ophiothrix scotiosa []	No picture found Ophiothrix signata []
No picture found Ophiothrix spiculata [Pacific spiny brittlestar]	No picture found Ophiothrix spinosissima []	No picture found Ophiothrix stri []
No picture found Ophiothrix suensonii [Suenson's brittle star]	No picture found Ophiothrix tenera []	No picture found Ophiothrix trilineata [Ophiuroids]
No picture found Ophiothrix vetusta []	No picture found Ophiothrix vigelandi []	No picture found Ophiothrix viridialba []
No picture found Ophiothrix vitrea []

64 Species of Family Ophiotrichidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Gymnolophus obscura		Indo-West Pacific
Ophiocnemis marmorata		Indo-West Pacific
Ophiogymna elegans		Indo-West Pacific
Ophiogymna funesta		Western Pacific
Ophiogymna pellicula		Western Central Pacific
Ophiogymna pulchella		Western Pacific
Ophiolophus novarae		Western Central Pacific
Ophiomaza cacaotica		Indo-West Pacific.
Ophiopsammium rugosum		Western Central Pacific
Ophiopsammium semperi		Western Central Pacific
Ophiopteron elegans		Indo-West Pacific
Ophiopteron vitense		Western Central Pacific
Ophiopteron vitiense		Western Central Pacific	0.4 WD
Ophiothela danae		Indo-West Pacific.
Ophiothela gracilis		Eastern Pacific
Ophiothela mirabilis		Indo-Pacific.
Ophiothela venusta		Indo-West Pacific.
Ophiothrix angulata	Angular brittle star	Western Atlantic Ocean
Ophiothrix aristulata		Southwest Pacific
Ophiothrix armata		Indo-Pacific
Ophiothrix brachyactis		Western Atlantic
Ophiothrix capillaris		Western Central Pacific
Ophiothrix ciliaris		Indo-West Pacific.
Ophiothrix cimar		Western Central Atlantic
Ophiothrix contenta		Western Central Pacific
Ophiothrix crassispina		Western Central Pacific
Ophiothrix deceptor		Western Central Pacific
Ophiothrix elegans		Western Central Pacific
Ophiothrix eurycolpodes		Western Central Pacific
Ophiothrix exigua	Short-spined brittle star	Indo-West Pacific.
Ophiothrix foveolata		Western Central Pacific
Ophiothrix fragilis	Common brittle star	Northeast Atlantic and th
Ophiothrix fumaria		Western Central Pacific
Ophiothrix infirma		Western Central Pacific
Ophiothrix koreana		Western Central Pacific
Ophiothrix lepidus		Southwest Pacific
Ophiothrix leucotrigona		Western Central Pacific
Ophiothrix lineata		Western Central Atlantic
Ophiothrix luetkeni		Northeast Atlantic
Ophiothrix marenzelleri		Northwest Pacific
Ophiothrix miles		Western Pacific
Ophiothrix oerstedii	Oersted's brittle star	Western Central Atlantic
Ophiothrix oliveri		Southwest Pacific
Ophiothrix panchyendyta		Western Central Pacific
Ophiothrix picteti		Western Central Pacific
Ophiothrix plana		Western Pacific
Ophiothrix prostata		Western Central Pacific
Ophiothrix proteus		Western Central Pacific
Ophiothrix purpurea	Purple brittle star	Indo-Pacific.
Ophiothrix pusilla		Western Pacific
Ophiothrix rotata		Northwest Pacific
Ophiothrix savignyi	Long spined brittle star	Indo-West Pacific.
Ophiothrix scotiosa		Western Pacific
Ophiothrix signata		Western Central Pacific
Ophiothrix spiculata	Pacific spiny brittlestar	Eastern Pacific.	38 WD
Ophiothrix spinosissima		Western Central Pacific
Ophiothrix stri		Western Central Atlantic
Ophiothrix suensonii	Suenson's brittle star	Western Atlantic
Ophiothrix tenera		Western Central Pacific	0.7 WD
Ophiothrix trilineata	Ophiuroids	Indo-Pacific.	0.5 WD
Ophiothrix vetusta		Western Central Pacific
Ophiothrix vigelandi		Western Central Pacific
Ophiothrix viridialba		Indo-West Pacific
Ophiothrix vitrea		Western Central Pacific

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