Fish Identification

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Fish Identification

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Family: Ophiocomidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Breviturma paucigranulata []	No picture found Ophiarthrum elegans []	No picture found Ophiarthrum pictum []
No picture found Ophiocoma aethiops []	No picture found Ophiocoma alexandri []	No picture found Ophiocoma anaglyptica []
No picture found Ophiocoma brevipes []	No picture found Ophiocoma dentata []	No picture found Ophiocoma doederleini []
No picture found Ophiocoma echinata [Black brittle star]	Ophiocoma erinaceus []	No picture found Ophiocoma longispina []
No picture found Ophiocoma macroplaca []	No picture found Ophiocoma pica []	No picture found Ophiocoma pumila [Banded ophiocoma]
No picture found Ophiocoma pusilla []	No picture found Ophiocoma riisei []	No picture found Ophiocoma schoenleinii []
No picture found Ophiocoma scolopendrina [Lagoon brittle star]	No picture found Ophiocoma wendtii [Red ophiocoma]	No picture found Ophiocomella ophiactoides [Coralline brittle star]
No picture found Ophiocomella sexradia []	Ophiomastix annulosa [Chain-link brittle star]	No picture found Ophiomastix asperula []
No picture found Ophiomastix caryophyllata []	No picture found Ophiomastix corallicola []	No picture found Ophiomastix elegans []
No picture found Ophiomastix flaccida []	No picture found Ophiomastix janualis []	No picture found Ophiomastix mixta []
No picture found Ophiomastix palaoensis []	No picture found Ophiomastix variabilis [Variable brittle star]	No picture found Ophiomastix venosa []
No picture found Ophiopsila abscissa []	No picture found Ophiopsila annulosa []	Ophiopsila aranea []
No picture found Ophiopsila californica []	No picture found Ophiopsila hartmeyeri []	No picture found Ophiopsila multipapillata []
No picture found Ophiopsila pantherina []	No picture found Ophiopsila riisei []	No picture found Ophiopsila timida []
No picture found Ophiopsila vittata []	No picture found Ophiopteris papillosa [Flatspine brittlestar]

44 Species of Family Ophiocomidae
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Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Breviturma paucigranulata		Western Central Atlantic
Ophiarthrum elegans		Indo-West Pacific.	1.3 WD
Ophiarthrum pictum		Indo-West Pacific	3 WD
Ophiocoma aethiops		Eastern Pacific.
Ophiocoma alexandri		Eastern Pacific.
Ophiocoma anaglyptica		Northwest Pacific
Ophiocoma brevipes		Indo-Pacific.	1.6 WD
Ophiocoma dentata		Pacific Ocean.
Ophiocoma doederleini		Indo-West Pacific
Ophiocoma echinata	Black brittle star	Western Central Atlantic
Ophiocoma erinaceus		Entire Indo-Pacific excep	2.5 WD
Ophiocoma longispina		Eastern Pacific
Ophiocoma macroplaca		Eastern Central Pacific
Ophiocoma pica		Indo-Pacific.
Ophiocoma pumila	Banded ophiocoma	Western Central Atlantic
Ophiocoma pusilla		Central Pacific
Ophiocoma riisei		Western Central Atlantic
Ophiocoma schoenleinii		Indo-Pacific	2.1 WD
Ophiocoma scolopendrina	Lagoon brittle star	Indo-Pacific	2.4 WD
Ophiocoma wendtii	Red ophiocoma	Western Central Atlantic.
Ophiocomella ophiactoides	Coralline brittle star	Western Central Atlantic
Ophiocomella sexradia		Eastern and Central Pacif
Ophiomastix annulosa	Chain-link brittle star	Indo-West Pacific	2.4 WD
Ophiomastix asperula		Western Central Pacific
Ophiomastix caryophyllata		Indo-West Pacific
Ophiomastix corallicola		Northwest Pacific
Ophiomastix elegans		Indo-West Pacific
Ophiomastix flaccida		Western Central Pacific	1.9 WD
Ophiomastix janualis		Indo-West Pacific.	2.8 WD
Ophiomastix mixta		Western Central Pacific.
Ophiomastix palaoensis		Western Central Pacific
Ophiomastix variabilis	Variable brittle star	Indo-West Pacific	1 WD
Ophiomastix venosa		Indo-West Pacific.
Ophiopsila abscissa		Western Pacific
Ophiopsila annulosa		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Ophiopsila aranea		Mediterranean Sea.
Ophiopsila californica		Eastern Central Pacific	30 WD
Ophiopsila hartmeyeri		Western Atlantic
Ophiopsila multipapillata		Western Central Pacific
Ophiopsila pantherina		Western Pacific
Ophiopsila riisei		Western Central Atlantic
Ophiopsila timida		Western Central Pacific
Ophiopsila vittata		Western Central Atlantic
Ophiopteris papillosa	Flatspine brittlestar	Pacific Ocean.	17.5 WD

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