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Family: Runcinidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Lapinura divae []	No picture found Runcina adriatica []	No picture found Runcina africana []
No picture found Runcina aurata []	No picture found Runcina australis []	No picture found Runcina avellana []
No picture found Runcina bahiensis []	No picture found Runcina banyulensis []	No picture found Runcina brenkoae []
No picture found Runcina capreensis []	No picture found Runcina coronata []	No picture found Runcina divae []
No picture found Runcina dorcae []	No picture found Runcina elongata []	No picture found Runcina falciforme []
No picture found Runcina ferruginea []	No picture found Runcina genciana []	No picture found Runcina hansbechi []
No picture found Runcina hidalgoensis []	No picture found Runcina hornae []	No picture found Runcina inconspicua []
No picture found Runcina kressae []	No picture found Runcina langei []	No picture found Runcina macfarlandi [Macfarland's Runcina]
No picture found Runcina macrodenticulata []	No picture found Runcina medanensis []	No picture found Runcina nivalis []
No picture found Runcina ornata []	No picture found Runcina palominoi []	No picture found Runcina paupera []
No picture found Runcina prasina []	No picture found Runcina prieta []	No picture found Runcina rotunda []

33 Species of Family Runcinidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Lapinura divae		Western Atlantic
Runcina adriatica		Northeast Atlantic and th
Runcina africana		Northeast Atlantic and th
Runcina aurata		Northeast Atlantic and th
Runcina australis		Indo-West Pacific
Runcina avellana		Northeast Atlantic and th
Runcina bahiensis		Northeast Atlantic
Runcina banyulensis		Mediterranean
Runcina brenkoae		Northeast Atlantic and th
Runcina capreensis		Northeast Atlantic and th
Runcina coronata		Northeast Atlantic and th
Runcina divae		Western Atlantic.	0.2 TL
Runcina dorcae		Western Atlantic.
Runcina elongata		Mediterranean
Runcina falciforme		Eastern Central Pacific a
Runcina ferruginea		Northeast Atlantic and th
Runcina genciana		Eastern Central Atlantic
Runcina hansbechi		Mediterranean
Runcina hidalgoensis
Runcina hornae		Mediterranean
Runcina inconspicua		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL
Runcina kressae		Mediterranean
Runcina langei		Mediterranean
Runcina macfarlandi	Macfarland's Runcina	Eastern Pacific	0.5 TL
Runcina macrodenticulata		Northeast Atlantic and th
Runcina medanensis		Northeast Atlantic
Runcina nivalis		Mediterranean
Runcina ornata		Northeast Atlantic and th
Runcina palominoi		Northeast Atlantic
Runcina paupera		Eastern Central Pacific
Runcina prasina		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL
Runcina prieta		Western Atlantic.
Runcina rotunda		Mediterranean

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