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Family: Philobryidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Adacnarca limopsoides []	No picture found Adacnarca nitens []	No picture found Aupouria parvula []
No picture found Cosa caribaea [Caribbean cosa]	No picture found Cosa costata []	No picture found Cosa dispar []
No picture found Cosa filholi []	No picture found Cosa laevicostata []	No picture found Cosa serratocostata []
No picture found Cosa tholiatus []	No picture found Cosa waikikia []	No picture found Cratis antillensis []
No picture found Cratis delicatula []	No picture found Cratis kanekoi []	No picture found Cratis retiaria []
No picture found Cratis thylicus []	No picture found Lissarca aucklandica []	No picture found Lissarca benthicola []
No picture found Lissarca exilis []	No picture found Lissarca harrisonae []	No picture found Lissarca miliaris []
Lissarca notorcadensis []	No picture found Lissarca ornata []	No picture found Lissarca pileopsis []
No picture found Lissarca pisum []	No picture found Lissarca rubrofusca []	No picture found Lissarca stationis []
No picture found Lissarca stewartiana []	No picture found Lissarca trapezina []	No picture found Philobrya acutangula []
Philobrya alata []	No picture found Philobrya antarctica []	No picture found Philobrya atlantica []
No picture found Philobrya barbata []	No picture found Philobrya brattstromi []	No picture found Philobrya capillata []
No picture found Philobrya crispa []	No picture found Philobrya hamiltoni []	No picture found Philobrya inconspicua []
No picture found Philobrya kerguelensis []	No picture found Philobrya laevis []	No picture found Philobrya meleagrina []
No picture found Philobrya modiolus []	No picture found Philobrya munita []	No picture found Philobrya obesa []
No picture found Philobrya olstadi []	No picture found Philobrya pinctada []	No picture found Philobrya quadrata []
Philobrya sanjuani []	No picture found Philobrya sculpturalis []	No picture found Philobrya setosa [Hairy philobrya]
Philobrya sublaevis []	No picture found Philobrya ungulata []	No picture found Philobrya wandelensis []
Verticipronus cowuti []	No picture found Verticipronus mytilus []

56 Species of Family Philobryidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Adacnarca limopsoides		Antarctic Atlantic
Adacnarca nitens		Antarctic and Southeast P	0.8 SHL
Aupouria parvula		Southwest Pacific
Cosa caribaea	Caribbean cosa	Western Central Atlantic
Cosa costata		Southwest Pacific
Cosa dispar		Southwest Pacific
Cosa filholi		Southwest Pacific
Cosa laevicostata		Southwest Pacific
Cosa serratocostata		Southwest Pacific
Cosa tholiatus		Rodriguez.	0.135 TL
Cosa waikikia		Pacific Ocean.
Cratis antillensis		Western Central Atlantic	0.7 DL
Cratis delicatula		Southwest Pacific
Cratis kanekoi		Indo-Pacific.	0.277 H
Cratis retiaria		Southwest Pacific
Cratis thylicus		Rodriguez only.	0.134 TL
Lissarca aucklandica		Southwest Pacific
Lissarca benthicola		Southwest Pacific
Lissarca exilis		Southwest Pacific
Lissarca harrisonae		Southwest Pacific
Lissarca miliaris		Southeast Pacific and the	0.6 SHL
Lissarca notorcadensis		Southwest Atlantic and th	0.55 TL
Lissarca ornata		Southwest Pacific
Lissarca pileopsis		Southwest Pacific
Lissarca pisum		Southwest Pacific
Lissarca rubrofusca		Antarctic.	0.56 DL
Lissarca stationis		Southwest Pacific
Lissarca stewartiana		Southwest Pacific
Lissarca trapezina		Southwest Pacific
Philobrya acutangula		Southwest Pacific
Philobrya alata		Southwest Atlantic
Philobrya antarctica		Southeast Pacific
Philobrya atlantica		Southwest Atlantic and An
Philobrya barbata		Antarctica.
Philobrya brattstromi		Western Atlantic and East	0.55 DL
Philobrya capillata		Southwest Atlantic and An
Philobrya crispa		Western Atlantic and East	0.35 DL
Philobrya hamiltoni		Southwest Pacific
Philobrya inconspicua		Western Atlantic	0.27 DL
Philobrya kerguelensis		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Philobrya laevis		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Philobrya meleagrina		Southwest Pacific.
Philobrya modiolus		Southwest Pacific
Philobrya munita		Southwest Pacific
Philobrya obesa		Antarctica.
Philobrya olstadi		Antarctica.
Philobrya pinctada		Southwest Pacific
Philobrya quadrata		Southeast Pacific, Southw
Philobrya sanjuani		Antarctic Atlantic
Philobrya sculpturalis		Southwest Pacific
Philobrya setosa	Hairy philobrya	Eastern Pacific and Weste	0.5 TL
Philobrya sublaevis		Southeast Pacific, South	0.6 SHL
Philobrya ungulata		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL
Philobrya wandelensis		Southeast Pacific, Southw	0.5 SHL
Verticipronus cowuti		Southwest Atlantic
Verticipronus mytilus		Southwest Pacific

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