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Family: Oncholaimidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Adoncholaimus crassicaudus []	No picture found Adoncholaimus fuscus []	No picture found Adoncholaimus lepidus []
No picture found Adoncholaimus panicus []	No picture found Adoncholaimus thalassophygas []	No picture found Krampia acropora []
No picture found Metaparoncholaimus campylocercus []	No picture found Metoncholaimus albidus []	No picture found Metoncholaimus haplotretos []
No picture found Metoncholaimus pristiurus []	No picture found Metoncholaimus scanicus []	No picture found Octonchus marinus []
No picture found Oncholaimellus calvadosicus []	No picture found Oncholaimus attenuatus []	No picture found Oncholaimus campylocercoides []
No picture found Oncholaimus oxyuris []	No picture found Oncholaimus skawensis []	No picture found Oncholaimus vesicarius []
No picture found Pelagonema obtusicauda []	No picture found Pontonema balticum []	No picture found Pontonema donsi []
No picture found Pontonema serratodentatum []	No picture found Pontonema vulgare []	No picture found Viscosia glabra []

24 Species of Family Oncholaimidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Adoncholaimus crassicaudus		Pacific Ocean
Adoncholaimus fuscus		Atlantic Ocean.
Adoncholaimus lepidus		Northeast Atlantic
Adoncholaimus panicus		Northeast Atlantic
Adoncholaimus thalassophygas		Northeast Atlantic
Krampia acropora		Northeast Atlantic
Metaparoncholaimus campylocercus		Northeast Atlantic
Metoncholaimus albidus		Northeast Atlantic
Metoncholaimus haplotretos		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Metoncholaimus pristiurus		Northeast Atlantic
Metoncholaimus scanicus		Northeast Atlantic
Octonchus marinus		Northeast Atlantic
Oncholaimellus calvadosicus		Northeast Atlantic
Oncholaimus attenuatus		Northeast Atlantic
Oncholaimus campylocercoides		Northeast Atlantic
Oncholaimus oxyuris		Northeast Atlantic
Oncholaimus skawensis		Northeast Atlantic
Oncholaimus vesicarius		Northeast Atlantic
Pelagonema obtusicauda		Northeast Atlantic
Pontonema balticum		Northeast Atlantic
Pontonema donsi		Northeast Atlantic
Pontonema serratodentatum		Antarctic
Pontonema vulgare		Northeast Atlantic
Viscosia glabra		Northwest Atlantic.

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