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Family: Cephalodasyidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Cephalodasys cambriensis []	No picture found Cephalodasys caudatus []	No picture found Cephalodasys hadrosomus []
No picture found Cephalodasys littoralis []	No picture found Cephalodasys maximus []	No picture found Cephalodasys miniceraus []
No picture found Cephalodasys pacificus []	No picture found Cephalodasys palavensis []	No picture found Cephalodasys swedmarki []
No picture found Cephalodasys turbanelloides []	No picture found Dolichodasys carolinensis []	No picture found Dolichodasys delicatus []
No picture found Dolichodasys elongatus []	No picture found Megadasys minor []	No picture found Megadasys pacificus []
No picture found Megadasys sterreri []	No picture found Mesodasys adenotubulatus []	No picture found Mesodasys britanicus []
No picture found Mesodasys ischiensis []	No picture found Mesodasys laticaudatus []	No picture found Mesodasys littoralis []
No picture found Mesodasys rupperti []	No picture found Paradasys bilobocaudus []	No picture found Paradasys hexadactylus []
No picture found Paradasys nipponensis []	No picture found Paradasys pacificus []	No picture found Paradasys subterraneus []

27 Species of Family Cephalodasyidae
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Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Cephalodasys cambriensis	Northeast Atlantic
Cephalodasys caudatus	Indo-West Pacific.
Cephalodasys hadrosomus	Mediterranean Sea	0.05 TL
Cephalodasys littoralis	Northeast Atlantic and th
Cephalodasys maximus	Northeast Atlantic.
Cephalodasys miniceraus	Western Central Atlantic
Cephalodasys pacificus	Southeast Pacific
Cephalodasys palavensis	Mediterranean Sea
Cephalodasys swedmarki	Northeast Atlantic and th
Cephalodasys turbanelloides	Atlantic Ocean, Mediterra
Dolichodasys carolinensis	Atlantic Ocean
Dolichodasys delicatus	Western Atlantic Ocean an
Dolichodasys elongatus	Atlantic Ocean and the Me	0.27 BASL
Megadasys minor	Mediterranean Sea
Megadasys pacificus	Indo-Pacific.
Megadasys sterreri	Northeast Atlantic and th
Mesodasys adenotubulatus	Mediterranean Sea.	0.098 TL
Mesodasys britanicus	Northeast Atlantic.
Mesodasys ischiensis	Mediterranean Sea	0.18 TL
Mesodasys laticaudatus	Atlantic Ocean and the Me	0.162 TL
Mesodasys littoralis	Northeast Atlantic and th
Mesodasys rupperti	Western Central Atlantic
Paradasys bilobocaudus	Northeast Atlantic
Paradasys hexadactylus	Northeast Atlantic
Paradasys nipponensis	Northwest Pacific
Paradasys pacificus	Eastern Pacific.
Paradasys subterraneus	Northeast Atlantic and th

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