Fish Identification

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Fish Identification

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Family: Leptochitonidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Hanleyella asiatica []	No picture found Hanleyella henrici []	No picture found Hanleyella japonica []
No picture found Hanleyella oldroydi []	No picture found Lepidopleurus asellus []	No picture found Lepidopleurus cajetanus []
No picture found Lepidopleurus dorsuosus []	No picture found Lepidopleurus nierstraszi []	No picture found Lepidopleurus pergranatus []
No picture found Leptochiton africanus []	No picture found Leptochiton albemarlensis []	No picture found Leptochiton algesirensis []
No picture found Leptochiton alveolus []	No picture found Leptochiton americanus []	No picture found Leptochiton arcticus []
No picture found Leptochiton asellus []	No picture found Leptochiton ater []	No picture found Leptochiton batialis []
No picture found Leptochiton belknapi []	No picture found Leptochiton binghami []	No picture found Leptochiton boettgeri []
No picture found Leptochiton boucheti []	No picture found Leptochiton cancellatus []	No picture found Leptochiton chariessa []
No picture found Leptochiton cimicoides []	No picture found Leptochiton curvatus []	No picture found Leptochiton darioi []
No picture found Leptochiton deecresswellae []	No picture found Leptochiton deforgesi []	No picture found Leptochiton denhartogi []
No picture found Leptochiton diomedeae []	No picture found Leptochiton eugenei []	No picture found Leptochiton fairchildi []
No picture found Leptochiton finlayi []	No picture found Leptochiton fuliginatus []	No picture found Leptochiton gascognensis []
No picture found Leptochiton geronensis []	No picture found Leptochiton habei []	No picture found Leptochiton hakodatensis []
No picture found Leptochiton hirasei []	No picture found Leptochiton hiriensis []	No picture found Leptochiton incongruus []
No picture found Leptochiton inquinatus []	No picture found Leptochiton japonicus [Ivory chiton]	No picture found Leptochiton jordanensis []
No picture found Leptochiton kerguelensis [Cryptic sea cradle]	No picture found Leptochiton latidens []	No picture found Leptochiton leloupi []
No picture found Leptochiton lifuensis []	No picture found Leptochiton lineatus []	No picture found Leptochiton longispinus []
No picture found Leptochiton medinae [Small pale sea cradle]	No picture found Leptochiton nexus []	No picture found Leptochiton norfolcensis []
No picture found Leptochiton odhneri []	No picture found Leptochiton okamurai []	No picture found Leptochiton otagoensis []
No picture found Leptochiton pepezamorai []	No picture found Leptochiton permodestus []	No picture found Leptochiton rissoi []
No picture found Leptochiton ronaldi []	No picture found Leptochiton rugatus []	No picture found Leptochiton saitoi []
No picture found Leptochiton sarsi []	No picture found Leptochiton scabridus []	No picture found Leptochiton seishinmaruae []
No picture found Leptochiton subantarcticus []	No picture found Leptochiton surugensis []	No picture found Leptochiton sykesi []
No picture found Leptochiton tenuidontus []	No picture found Leptochiton tenuis []	No picture found Leptochiton textilis []
No picture found Leptochiton thalattius []	No picture found Leptochiton thandari []	No picture found Leptochiton torishimensis []
No picture found Leptochiton troncosoi []	No picture found Leptochiton vanbellei []	No picture found Leptochiton vietnamensis []
No picture found Oldroydia bidentata []	No picture found Oldroydia percrassa []	No picture found Parachiton acuminatus []
No picture found Parachiton communis []	No picture found Parachiton eos []	No picture found Parachiton fornix []
No picture found Parachiton hodgsoni []	No picture found Parachiton indecorus []	No picture found Parachiton mauricejayi []
No picture found Parachiton mestayerae []	No picture found Parachiton politus []

89 Species of Family Leptochitonidae
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Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Hanleyella asiatica		Arctic and Northern Pacif
Hanleyella henrici		Northwest Pacific
Hanleyella japonica		Northwest Pacific
Hanleyella oldroydi		Eastern Pacific. Tropica	0.82 BL
Lepidopleurus asellus		Northeast Atlantic.
Lepidopleurus cajetanus		Eastern Atlantic and the	2.5 TL
Lepidopleurus dorsuosus		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Lepidopleurus nierstraszi		Western Indian Ocean
Lepidopleurus pergranatus		Western Central Atlantic	1.2 TL
Leptochiton africanus		Mediterranean Sea.
Leptochiton albemarlensis		Southeast Pacific	0.98 TL
Leptochiton algesirensis		Northeast Atlantic and th
Leptochiton alveolus		Northern Atlantic and Ind	4 DL
Leptochiton americanus		Eastern Pacific	1.5 TL
Leptochiton arcticus		Northeast Atlantic
Leptochiton asellus		Northeast Atlantic.	1.8 DL
Leptochiton ater		Northwest Pacific
Leptochiton batialis		Northwest Pacific	2.5 TL
Leptochiton belknapi		Northwest Pacific
Leptochiton binghami		Western Central Atlantic	1.53 TL
Leptochiton boettgeri		Mediterranean Sea.
Leptochiton boucheti		Western Central Pacific
Leptochiton cancellatus		Northeast Atlantic and th	0.8 DL
Leptochiton chariessa		Southeast Atlantic	1.3 TL
Leptochiton cimicoides		Mediterranean Sea.
Leptochiton curvatus		Northwest Pacific	0.9 TL
Leptochiton darioi		Southwest Atlantic	0.61 TL
Leptochiton deecresswellae		Southwest Pacific
Leptochiton deforgesi		Western Central Pacific;
Leptochiton denhartogi		Southeast Atlantic
Leptochiton diomedeae		Northwest Pacific	1.5 TL
Leptochiton eugenei		Western Indian Ocean
Leptochiton fairchildi		Southwest Pacific
Leptochiton finlayi		Southwest Pacific
Leptochiton fuliginatus		Northwest Pacific	1.4 TL
Leptochiton gascognensis		Northeast Atlantic
Leptochiton geronensis		Mediterranean	0.56 TL
Leptochiton habei		Northeast Pacific
Leptochiton hakodatensis		Northwest Pacific	2.1 TL
Leptochiton hirasei		Northwest Pacific	0.45 TL
Leptochiton hiriensis		Southwest Pacific
Leptochiton incongruus		Eastern Central Pacific	1.5 TL
Leptochiton inquinatus		Southwest Pacific
Leptochiton japonicus	Ivory chiton	Northwest Pacific	2 BL
Leptochiton jordanensis		South Jordan.
Leptochiton kerguelensis	Cryptic sea cradle	Southern Ocean. Subtropi
Leptochiton latidens		Northwest Pacific
Leptochiton leloupi		Northeast Atlantic	0.4 DL
Leptochiton lifuensis		Western Central Pacific
Leptochiton lineatus		Western Central Pacific	1.7 TL
Leptochiton longispinus		Northeast Pacific
Leptochiton medinae	Small pale sea cradle	Southeast Pacific	1 TL
Leptochiton nexus		Eastern Pacific	2.5 TL
Leptochiton norfolcensis		Southwest Pacific
Leptochiton odhneri		Eastern Central Atlantic
Leptochiton okamurai		Northwest Pacific
Leptochiton otagoensis		Southwest Pacific
Leptochiton pepezamorai		Northeast Atlantic
Leptochiton permodestus		Western Indian Ocean.
Leptochiton rissoi		Western Central Pacific	2.5 TL
Leptochiton ronaldi		Eastern Indian Ocean
Leptochiton rugatus		Pacific Ocean	1.58 TL
Leptochiton saitoi		Western Central Pacific
Leptochiton sarsi		Northeast Atlantic
Leptochiton scabridus		Northeast Atlantic
Leptochiton seishinmaruae		Northeast Pacific
Leptochiton subantarcticus		Southwest Pacific
Leptochiton surugensis		Northeast Pacific
Leptochiton sykesi		Southeast Atlantic	2.3 TL
Leptochiton tenuidontus		Northwest Pacific
Leptochiton tenuis		Northeast Atlantic	0.3 DL
Leptochiton textilis		Southwest Pacific
Leptochiton thalattius		Northeast Atlantic Ocean	1 TL
Leptochiton thandari		Western Central Pacific
Leptochiton torishimensis		Northwest Pacific
Leptochiton troncosoi		Northeast Atlantic
Leptochiton vanbellei		Western Central Pacific
Leptochiton vietnamensis		Northwest Pacific
Oldroydia bidentata		Northwest Pacific	4.5 BL
Oldroydia percrassa		Eastern Central Pacific	3.2 TL
Parachiton acuminatus		Western Central Pacific
Parachiton communis		Northwest Pacific
Parachiton eos		Northwest Pacific
Parachiton fornix		Western Central Pacific	1.8 BL
Parachiton hodgsoni		Western Indian Ocean and
Parachiton indecorus		Western Indian Ocean
Parachiton mauricejayi		Western Indian Ocean
Parachiton mestayerae		Southwest Pacific
Parachiton politus		Northwest Pacific

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