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Non-fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Nonionidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Astrononion antarcticus []	No picture found Astrononion hamadense []	No picture found Astrononion novozealandicum []
No picture found Haynesina depressula []	No picture found Haynesina germanica []	No picture found Haynesina orbicularis []
No picture found Melonis affinis []	No picture found Melonis pompilioides []	No picture found Nonion commune []
No picture found Nonion grossepertusum []	No picture found Nonion pauperatum []	No picture found Nonion subturgidum []
No picture found Nonionella bradii []	No picture found Nonionella iridea []	No picture found Nonionina umbilicatula []
No picture found Pullenia bulloides []	No picture found Pullenia quadriloba []	No picture found Pullenia quinqueloba []
No picture found Pullenia sphaeroides []	No picture found Pullenia subcarinata []

20 Species of Family Nonionidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Astrononion antarcticus		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Astrononion hamadense		Arctic
Astrononion novozealandicum		Western Central Pacific.
Haynesina depressula		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Haynesina germanica		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Haynesina orbicularis		Arctic
Melonis affinis		Western Central Pacific.
Melonis pompilioides		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Nonion commune		Western Central Pacific.
Nonion grossepertusum		Western Central Pacific.
Nonion pauperatum		Western Central Pacific.
Nonion subturgidum		Western Central Pacific.
Nonionella bradii		Antarctic Pacific
Nonionella iridea		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Nonionina umbilicatula		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Pullenia bulloides		Arctic
Pullenia quadriloba		Western Central Pacific.
Pullenia quinqueloba		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Pullenia sphaeroides		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Pullenia subcarinata		Antarctic

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