Fish Identification

Other identification tools | SeaLifeBase

Non-fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Mecynostomidae (See list of species below)

Select Ocean (marine/brackish) or Continent (freshwater):

Select Country (optional):

Total number of spines in dorsal and anal fins (optional)

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

No picture found Eumecynostomum altitudi []	No picture found Eumecynostomum asterium []	No picture found Eumecynostomum bathycolum []
No picture found Eumecynostomum flavescens []	No picture found Eumecynostomum fragilis []	No picture found Eumecynostomum juistensis []
No picture found Eumecynostomum luridum []	No picture found Eumecynostomum macrobursalium []	No picture found Eumecynostomum maritimum []
No picture found Eumecynostomum pallidum []	No picture found Eumecynostomum papillosum []	No picture found Eumecynostomum westbladi []
No picture found Mecynostomum auritum []	No picture found Mecynostomum cordiforme []	No picture found Mecynostomum haplovarium []
No picture found Mecynostomum lentiferum []	No picture found Mecynostomum predatum []	No picture found Mecynostomum torquens []
No picture found Neomecynostomum granulum []	No picture found Paedomecynostomum bruneum []	No picture found Paramecynostomum carchedonium []
No picture found Paramecynostomum diversicolor []	No picture found Philomecynostomum lapillum []	No picture found Postmecynostomum glandulosum []
No picture found Postmecynostomum pictum []	No picture found Pseudmecynostomum bruneum []	No picture found Pseudmecynostomum folium []
No picture found Pseudmecynostomum pelophilum []	No picture found Pseudmecynostomum phoca []	No picture found Stylomecynostomum bodegensis []

30 Species of Family Mecynostomidae
()

Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Eumecynostomum altitudi	Northeast Atlantic.	0.1 TL
Eumecynostomum asterium	Northwest Atlantic	0.055 TL
Eumecynostomum bathycolum	Northeast Atlantic
Eumecynostomum flavescens	Northeast Atlantic. Clim
Eumecynostomum fragilis	Northeast Atlantic
Eumecynostomum juistensis	Northeast Atlantic (Ref.
Eumecynostomum luridum	Northeast Pacific
Eumecynostomum macrobursalium	Northeast Atlantic (Ref.
Eumecynostomum maritimum	Northeast Atlantic
Eumecynostomum pallidum	Northeast Atlantic.
Eumecynostomum papillosum	Northeast Atlantic
Eumecynostomum westbladi	Northeast Atlantic.	0.1 TL
Mecynostomum auritum	Northeast Atlantic and th
Mecynostomum cordiforme	Northwest Atlantic
Mecynostomum haplovarium	Northeast Atlantic
Mecynostomum lentiferum	Northwest Atlantic
Mecynostomum predatum	Northeast Atlantic
Mecynostomum torquens	Northeast Pacific
Neomecynostomum granulum	Northeast Atlantic
Paedomecynostomum bruneum	North Atlantic
Paramecynostomum carchedonium	Mediterranean Sea
Paramecynostomum diversicolor	North Atlantic.
Philomecynostomum lapillum	Northeast Atlantic
Postmecynostomum glandulosum	Northeast Atlantic
Postmecynostomum pictum	Northeast Atlantic
Pseudmecynostomum bruneum	Northeast Atlantic
Pseudmecynostomum folium	Northwest Atlantic	0.1 TL
Pseudmecynostomum pelophilum	Northeast Atlantic
Pseudmecynostomum phoca	Northwest Atlantic	0.12 TL
Stylomecynostomum bodegensis	Eastern Central Pacific	0.04 TL

Other identification tools in SeaLifeBase

Quick Identification

Identification keys

Identification by morphometrics

Identification by pictures:

          If you already know the Family, go to Search SeaLifeBase, select Family and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in SeaLifeBase for the family.

          If you already know the Country, go to Search SeaLifeBase, select Country and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in SeaLifeBase for the country.

          If you already know the Ecosystem, go to Search SeaLifeBase, select Ecosystem and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in SeaLifeBase for the ecosystem.