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Family: Hemiuridae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Brachyphallus crenatus []	No picture found Brachyphallus parvus []	No picture found Derogenes varicus []
No picture found Dinurus scombri []	No picture found Dinurus tornatus []	No picture found Ectenurus lepidus []
No picture found Erilepturus tiegsi []	No picture found Genolinea laticauda []	No picture found Hemiurus levinseni []
No picture found Hemiurus luehei []	No picture found Lecithaster gibbosus []	No picture found Lecithochirium magnaporum []
No picture found Lecithochirium microstomum []	No picture found Lecithochirium polynemi []	No picture found Lecithocladium aegyptense []
No picture found Parahemiurus merus []	No picture found Sterrhurus musculus []	No picture found Tubulovesicula lindbergi []

18 Species of Family Hemiuridae
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Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Brachyphallus crenatus	Northeast Atlantic and th
Brachyphallus parvus	Western Central Atlantic	0.12 TL
Derogenes varicus	Eastern Pacific, Northern
Dinurus scombri	Western Central Atlantic	0.48 TL
Dinurus tornatus	Western Atlantic and Indo	0.225 TL
Ectenurus lepidus	Western Central Atlantic	0.48 TL
Erilepturus tiegsi	Western Central Pacific
Genolinea laticauda	Northeast Pacific
Hemiurus levinseni	Northern Atlantic and the
Hemiurus luehei	Northeast Atlantic
Lecithaster gibbosus	Northeast Pacific, Northe
Lecithochirium magnaporum	Western Central Pacific
Lecithochirium microstomum	Southeast Pacific
Lecithochirium polynemi	Western Central Pacific
Lecithocladium aegyptense	Western Central Pacific
Parahemiurus merus	Western Atlantic and the	0.35 TL
Sterrhurus musculus	Northwest Pacific, Atlant	0.21 TL
Tubulovesicula lindbergi	Northeast Pacific

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