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Family: Calanticidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Aurivillialepas bocquetae []	No picture found Calantica gemma []	No picture found Calantica graphica []
No picture found Calantica kampeni []	No picture found Calantica pollicipedoides []	No picture found Calantica trispinosa []
No picture found Calantica villosa []	No picture found Euscalpellum renei []	No picture found Euscalpellum rostratum []
No picture found Euscalpellum squamuliferum []	No picture found Euscalpellum stratum []	No picture found Gruvelialepas pilsbryi []
No picture found Paracalantica newmani []	No picture found Paracalantica rossi []	No picture found Scillaelepas grimaldi []

15 Species of Family Calanticidae
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Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Aurivillialepas bocquetae	Northeast Atlantic	1.3 TL
Calantica gemma	Northeast Atlantic
Calantica graphica	Western Central Pacific
Calantica kampeni	Indo-West Pacific.
Calantica pollicipedoides	Indo-West Pacific
Calantica trispinosa	Western Pacific
Calantica villosa	Southwest Pacific
Euscalpellum renei	Eastern Central Atlantic.
Euscalpellum rostratum	Indo-West Pacific.
Euscalpellum squamuliferum	Indo-West Pacific
Euscalpellum stratum	Western Central Atlantic
Gruvelialepas pilsbryi	Eastern Central Atlantic.
Paracalantica newmani	Western Central Pacific
Paracalantica rossi	Western Central Pacific
Scillaelepas grimaldi	Northeast Atlantic

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