Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Abosagitta grata		Northwest Pacific	1.4 BL	2006
Abosagitta macra		Northwest Pacific	1.1 TL	2006
Abosagitta rasilis		Northwest Pacific	1.3 BL	2006
Abosagitta taeniata		Northwest Pacific	1.3 BL	2006
Accedosagitta firmulus		Northwest Pacific.		1971
Accedosagitta minuta		Northwest Pacific.		1971
Aidanosagitta acinacis		Northwest Pacific		2008
Aidanosagitta acus		Northwest Pacific		2003
Aidanosagitta alvarinoae		Northwest Pacific	1.9 BL	1974
Aidanosagitta bedfordii		Indo-West Pacific.	0.4 BL	1902
Aidanosagitta bella		Northwest Pacific		2003
Aidanosagitta candida		Northwest Pacific		2008
Aidanosagitta crassa		Western Pacific	1 BL	1938
Aidanosagitta delicata		Northwest Pacific	0.7 BL	1939
Aidanosagitta demipenna		Pacific Ocean.	1.4 BL	1963
Aidanosagitta erythraea		Western Indian Ocean	1 BL	1985
Aidanosagitta golicovi		Northwest Pacific.		1971
Aidanosagitta guileri		Western Indian Ocean	1.4 BL	1974
Aidanosagitta johorensis		Indo-West Pacific	0.6 BL	1963
Aidanosagitta lepida		Northwest Pacific		2003
Aidanosagitta macilenta		Northwest Pacific		1971
Aidanosagitta meenakshiae		Northeastern Indian Ocean	0.5 BL	2008
Aidanosagitta murex		Northwest Pacific		2003
Aidanosagitta nairi		Western Indian Ocean	0.5 BL	2002
Aidanosagitta neglecta		Indo-Pacific.	1 BL	1897
Aidanosagitta oblonga		Northwest Pacific		2008
Aidanosagitta oceania	Arrow worm	Pacific Ocean.	0.8 BL	1930
Aidanosagitta ophicephala		West Pacific	1.4 BL	1974
Aidanosagitta pilum		Northwest Pacific		2003
Aidanosagitta regularis		Indo-Pacific.	0.6 BL	1897
Aidanosagitta scarlatovi		Northwest Pacific		1971
Aidanosagitta septata		Indo-West Pacific.	0.6 BL	1902
Aidanosagitta subulata		Northwest Pacific		2008
Aidanosagitta tropica		Western Pacific.	0.7 BL	1942
Aidanosagitta venusta		Northwest Pacific		2003
Bathysagitta scaphicephala		Northwest Pacific		2001
Caecosagitta aberrantis		Atlantic Ocean.	2.1 BL	2003
Caecosagitta angelae		Atlantic Ocean.		2003
Caecosagitta caeca		Northwest Pacific	1.6 BL	2003
Caecosagitta jerryi		Western Central Atlantic	2.2 BL	2003
Caecosagitta macrocephala		Cosmopolitan.	2.2 BL	1904
Caecosagitta takasii		Cosmopolitan.	2.5 BL	2003
Decipisagitta decipiens		Cosmopolitan.	1.4 BL	1905
Decipisagitta sibogae		Circumglobal.	3 BL	1906
Ferosagitta americana		Eastern Pacific	0.8 BL	1959
Ferosagitta cristallina		Northwest Pacific		1995
Ferosagitta ferox		Indo-Pacific.	1.8 BL	1902
Ferosagitta galerita		Western Indian Ocean	1.4 BL	1971
Ferosagitta hispida		Western Atlantic and west	1.1 BL	1895
Ferosagitta madhupratapi		Western Indian Ocean	1 BL	1999
Ferosagitta paulula		Northwest Pacific.	1.4 BL	1971
Ferosagitta robusta		Indo-Pacific.	2.2 BL	1902
Ferosagitta siamensis		Eastern Indian Ocean	0.8 BL	1997
Flaccisagitta adenensis		Western Indian Ocean.	3.2 BL	1985
Flaccisagitta enflata		Circumglobal in warm and	2.5 BL	1881
Flaccisagitta hexaptera	Chaetognaths	Cosmopolitan.	7 BL	1836
Leptosagitta acicula		Northwest Pacific		2001
Leptosagitta alba		Northwest Pacific		2003
Leptosagitta collariata		Northwest Pacific		1973
Leptosagitta eris		Northwest Pacific		2003
Leptosagitta exigua		Northwest Pacific		2004
Leptosagitta icis		Northwest Pacific		2004
Leptosagitta nudata		Northwest Pacific		1973
Leptosagitta ocis		Northwest Pacific		2004
Leptosagitta pogodini		Northwest Pacific		2001
Leptosagitta schakovi		Northwest Pacific		1973
Mesosagitta exilis		Northwest Pacific.		1971
Mesosagitta formosa		Northwest Pacific		2003
Mesosagitta minima		Cosmopolitan.	1 BL	1881
Mesosagitta neodecipiens		Northern Pacific (Ref. 36	1.4 BL	1959
Mesosagitta slunini		Northwest Pacific		2001
Mesosagitta velox		Northwest Pacific		2003
Oligoradiata entis		Northwest Pacific		2004
Oligoradiata mills		Northwest Pacific.		1971
Oligoradiata pellucida		Northwest Pacific		2003
Omittosagitta alvarinoe		Northwest Pacific.		1971
Omittosagitta bacilaris		Northwest Pacific		1995
Omittosagitta diaphana		Northwest Pacific		1995
Omittosagitta galzowi		Northwest Pacific.		1971
Parasagitta brevicauda		Northwest Pacific.		1971
Parasagitta chilensis		Southeast Pacific	1.5 BL	2006
Parasagitta elegans		Circum-Arctic. Temperate	3 BL	1873
Parasagitta euneritica		Eastern Pacific.	1.6 BL	1961
Parasagitta friderici		Atlantic, Pacific and the	1.5 BL	1911
Parasagitta megalophthalma		Mediterranean Sea.	2 BL	1969
Parasagitta peruviana		Eastern Pacific.	1.3 BL	1961
Parasagitta popovicii		Eastern Pacific.	0.6 BL	1961
Parasagitta septicoela		Northwest Pacific		1971
Parasagitta setosa		Northeast Atlantic, Medit	1.4 BL	1847
Parasagitta tenuis		Atlantic Ocean and Indo-P	1.1 BL	1896
Pseudosagitta gazellae		Antarctic and sub-Antarct	10.5 BL	1909
Pseudosagitta lyra		Circumglobal in temperate	4.2 BL	1853
Pseudosagitta maxima		Circumglobal.	9 BL	1896
Pseudosagitta scrippsae		Pacific Ocean.	6 BL	1962
Sagitta ai		Northwest Pacific.	2 BL	1939
Sagitta bipunctata		Circumglobal in temperate	1.9 BL	1827
Sagitta bombayensis		Western Indian Ocean	1.3 BL	1936
Sagitta bruuni		Western Central Pacific	1.5 BL	1967
Sagitta euxina		Black Sea.	2 BL	1909
Sagitta helenae		Western Atlantic	1.4 BL	1911
Sagitta kussakini		Northwest Pacific		1997
Sagitta lacunae		Indo-Pacific.	0.9 BL	1942
Sagitta modesta		Northwest Pacific.		1971
Sagitta tokiokai		Indo-Pacific	2.2 BL	1967
Serratosagitta bierii		Eastern Pacific.	1.9 BL	1961
Serratosagitta pacifica		Indo-Pacific.	1.4 BL	1940
Serratosagitta pseudoserratodentata		Indo-Pacific	0.6 BL	1939
Serratosagitta selkirki		Indo-Pacific		1958
Serratosagitta serratodentata		Atlantic Ocean, Western I	1.3 BL	1853
Serratosagitta tasmanica		Atlantic, Indo-Pacific an	3 BL	1947
Solidosagitta abyssicola		Circumglobal.	3.3 BL	1989
Solidosagitta marri		Atlantic, Pacific and Ind	2.9 BL	1956
Solidosagitta planctonis		Circumglobal. Common in	3.7 BL	1896
Solidosagitta zetesios		Circumglobal.	4.5 BL	1905
Zonosagitta bedoti		Indo-Pacific between 40°	1.5 BL	1895
Zonosagitta izuensis		Northwest Pacific.	4.1 BL	1966
Zonosagitta littoralis		Indo-Pacific.	1.2 BL	1974
Zonosagitta lucida		Western Indian Ocean.	3.6 BL	1985
Zonosagitta nagae		Indo-West Pacific.	2.5 BL	1967
Zonosagitta pulchra		Indo-Pacific.	2.4 BL	1902

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