Fish Identification

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Fish Identification

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Family: Thaumastodermatidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Acanthodasys aculeatus []	No picture found Acanthodasys arcassonensis []	No picture found Acanthodasys caribbeanensis []
No picture found Acanthodasys fibrosus []	No picture found Acanthodasys lineatus []	No picture found Acanthodasys silvulus []
No picture found Diplodasys ankeli []	No picture found Diplodasys caudatus []	No picture found Diplodasys meloriae []
No picture found Diplodasys minor []	No picture found Diplodasys platydasyoides []	No picture found Diplodasys swedmarki []
No picture found Hemidasys agaso []	No picture found Oregodasys katharinae []	No picture found Oregodasys norenburgi []
No picture found Platydasys itoi []	No picture found Platydasys mastigurus []	No picture found Platydasys maximus []
No picture found Platydasys ocellatus []	No picture found Platydasys pacificus []	No picture found Platydasys phacellatus []
No picture found Platydasys rarus []	No picture found Platydasys ruber []	No picture found Platydasys schultzi []
No picture found Platydasys stiliferus []	No picture found Platydasys tentaculatus []	No picture found Pseudostomella cataphracta []
No picture found Pseudostomella etrusca []	No picture found Pseudostomella faroensis []	No picture found Pseudostomella klauserae []
No picture found Pseudostomella koreana []	No picture found Pseudostomella longifurca []	No picture found Pseudostomella megapalpator []
No picture found Pseudostomella plumosa []	No picture found Pseudostomella roscovita []	No picture found Ptychostomella bergensis []
No picture found Ptychostomella brachycephala []	No picture found Ptychostomella helena []	No picture found Ptychostomella higginsi []
No picture found Ptychostomella lepidota []	No picture found Ptychostomella mediterranea []	No picture found Ptychostomella ommatophora []
No picture found Ptychostomella orientalis []	No picture found Ptychostomella papillata []	No picture found Ptychostomella pectinata []
No picture found Ptychostomella tyrrhenica []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma adeleae []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma aethesbregmum []
No picture found Tetranchyroderma anomalopsum []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma antennatum []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma aphenothigmum []
No picture found Tetranchyroderma apus []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma arcticum []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma australiensis []
No picture found Tetranchyroderma boadeni []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma boreale []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma bulbosum []
No picture found Tetranchyroderma bunti []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma canariensis []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma cirrophorum []
No picture found Tetranchyroderma coelopodium []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma dendricum []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma dragescoi []
No picture found Tetranchyroderma esarabdophorum []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma faroense []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma gracilium []
No picture found Tetranchyroderma heterotentaculatum []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma heterotubulatum []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma hirtum []
No picture found Tetranchyroderma hoonsooi []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma hypopsilancrum []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma hystrix []
No picture found Tetranchyroderma inaequitubulatum []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma indicum []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma insolitum []
No picture found Tetranchyroderma insulare []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma kontosomum []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma massiliense []
No picture found Tetranchyroderma megabitubulatum []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma megastomum []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma multicirratum []
No picture found Tetranchyroderma norvegicum []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma pachysomum []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma pacificum []
No picture found Tetranchyroderma papii []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma paradoxum []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma pentaspersus []
No picture found Tetranchyroderma polyacanthus []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma polypodium []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma polyprobolostomum []
No picture found Tetranchyroderma psilotopum []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma pugetensis []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma quadritentaculatum []
No picture found Tetranchyroderma sanctaecaterinae []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma sardum []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma schizocirratum []
No picture found Tetranchyroderma swedmarki []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma symphorochetum []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma tanymesatherum []
No picture found Tetranchyroderma thysanogaster []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma thysanophorum []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma tribolosum []
No picture found Tetranchyroderma verum []	No picture found Tetranchyroderma weissi []	No picture found Thaumastoderma appendiculatum []
No picture found Thaumastoderma arcassonense []	No picture found Thaumastoderma bifurcatum []	No picture found Thaumastoderma cantacuzeni []
No picture found Thaumastoderma clandestinum []	No picture found Thaumastoderma copiophorum []	No picture found Thaumastoderma coronarium []
No picture found Thaumastoderma heideri []	No picture found Thaumastoderma mediterraneum []	No picture found Thaumastoderma moebjergi []
No picture found Thaumastoderma ramuliferum []	No picture found Thaumastoderma renaudi []	No picture found Thaumastoderma swedmarki []
No picture found Thaumastoderma truncatum []

118 Species of Family Thaumastodermatidae
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Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Acanthodasys aculeatus	Atlantic Ocean, Mediterra	0.0767 TL
Acanthodasys arcassonensis	Northeast Atlantic
Acanthodasys caribbeanensis	Western Central Atlantic
Acanthodasys fibrosus	Northeast Atlantic	0.0635 TL
Acanthodasys lineatus	Northeast Atlantic	0.075 BL
Acanthodasys silvulus	Western Atlantic Ocean.
Diplodasys ankeli	Southeast Pacific, Northe	0.047 BASL
Diplodasys caudatus	Northeast Atlantic
Diplodasys meloriae	Mediterranean Sea	0.0467 TL
Diplodasys minor	Northeast Atlantic, Medit	0.031 TL
Diplodasys platydasyoides	Mediterranean Sea
Diplodasys swedmarki	Northeast Atlantic
Hemidasys agaso	Mediterranean Sea
Oregodasys katharinae	Western Central Atlantic
Oregodasys norenburgi	Eastern Central Atlantic
Platydasys itoi	Northwest Pacific	0.0503 BASL
Platydasys mastigurus	Northeast Atlantic	0.061 BL
Platydasys maximus	Northeast Atlantic, Medit	0.05 BASL
Platydasys ocellatus	Northeast Atlantic and th	0.03 TL
Platydasys pacificus	Eastern Pacific.
Platydasys phacellatus	Mediterranean Sea	0.0585 TL
Platydasys rarus	Northeast Atlantic
Platydasys ruber	Northeast Atlantic
Platydasys schultzi	Northeast Atlantic
Platydasys stiliferus	Mediterranean Sea
Platydasys tentaculatus	Mediterranean Sea
Pseudostomella cataphracta	Mediterranean Sea
Pseudostomella etrusca	Mediterranean Sea.	0.041 TL
Pseudostomella faroensis	Northeast Atlantic	0.0233 BASL
Pseudostomella klauserae	Western Central Pacific	0.039 TL
Pseudostomella koreana	Northwest Pacific
Pseudostomella longifurca	Northwest Pacific
Pseudostomella megapalpator	Western Central Pacific	0.0365 TL
Pseudostomella plumosa	Western Atlantic
Pseudostomella roscovita	Atlantic Ocean, Mediterra
Ptychostomella bergensis	Northeast Atlantic	0.036 BASL
Ptychostomella brachycephala	Northeast Atlantic.	0.0212 BASL
Ptychostomella helena	Northeast Atlantic	0.08 BASL
Ptychostomella higginsi	Northeast Atlantic	0.024 BASL
Ptychostomella lepidota	Northeast Atlantic	0.03 BASL
Ptychostomella mediterranea	Mediterranean Sea	0.0204 BL
Ptychostomella ommatophora	Northeast Atlantic.	0.036 BASL
Ptychostomella orientalis	Northwest Pacific	0.0262 TL
Ptychostomella papillata	Northwest Pacific	0.0266 BASL
Ptychostomella pectinata	Northeast Atlantic.	0.022 BASL
Ptychostomella tyrrhenica	Mediterranean Sea.	0.0185 TL
Tetranchyroderma adeleae	Western Central Pacific	0.0448 TL
Tetranchyroderma aethesbregmum	Northwest Pacific
Tetranchyroderma anomalopsum	Mediterranean Sea	0.047 TL
Tetranchyroderma antennatum	Mediterranean Sea and No
Tetranchyroderma aphenothigmum	Mediterranean Sea	0.0255 TL
Tetranchyroderma apus	Northeast Atlantic, Medit
Tetranchyroderma arcticum	Northeast Atlantic	0.032 BL
Tetranchyroderma australiensis	Southwest Pacific	0.039 TL
Tetranchyroderma boadeni	Mediterranean Sea
Tetranchyroderma boreale	Northeast Atlantic	0.028 BL
Tetranchyroderma bulbosum	Northeast Atlantic	0.03 BL
Tetranchyroderma bunti	Western Atlantic
Tetranchyroderma canariensis	Eastern Central Atlantic	0.0326 TL
Tetranchyroderma cirrophorum	Indian Ocean, Northeast A	0.0647 BL
Tetranchyroderma coelopodium	Northeast Atlantic and th
Tetranchyroderma dendricum	Northwest Pacific
Tetranchyroderma dragescoi	Northeast Atlantic
Tetranchyroderma esarabdophorum	Mediterranean Sea
Tetranchyroderma faroense	Northeast Atlantic	0.03 BASL
Tetranchyroderma gracilium	Northwest Pacific
Tetranchyroderma heterotentaculatum	Northwest Pacific
Tetranchyroderma heterotubulatum	Mediterranean Sea.	0.033 TL
Tetranchyroderma hirtum	Western Central Atlantic	0.04 TL
Tetranchyroderma hoonsooi	Northwest Atlantic
Tetranchyroderma hypopsilancrum	Mediterranean Sea	0.0625 TL
Tetranchyroderma hystrix	Northeast Atlantic.
Tetranchyroderma inaequitubulatum	Mediterranean Sea	0.035 TL
Tetranchyroderma indicum	Indo-West Pacific.
Tetranchyroderma insolitum	Northwest Pacific
Tetranchyroderma insulare	Mediterranean Sea
Tetranchyroderma kontosomum	Mediterranean Sea	0.021 TL
Tetranchyroderma massiliense	Northeast Atlantic and th
Tetranchyroderma megabitubulatum	Northwest Pacific
Tetranchyroderma megastomum	Indian Ocean, Northern At
Tetranchyroderma multicirratum	Northwest Pacific
Tetranchyroderma norvegicum	Northeast Atlantic	0.038 TL
Tetranchyroderma pachysomum	Mediterranean Sea	0.03 TL
Tetranchyroderma pacificum	Southeast Pacific and Eas
Tetranchyroderma papii	Northwest Atlantic and th
Tetranchyroderma paradoxum	Western Atlantic
Tetranchyroderma pentaspersus	Southwest Pacific	0.0244 TL
Tetranchyroderma polyacanthus	Northeast Atlantic
Tetranchyroderma polypodium	Mediterranean Sea
Tetranchyroderma polyprobolostomum	Mediterranean Sea.	0.0445 TL
Tetranchyroderma psilotopum	Mediterranean Sea	0.04 TL
Tetranchyroderma pugetensis	Northeast Atlantic	0.035 TL
Tetranchyroderma quadritentaculatum	Southwest Atlantic and th	0.048 BL
Tetranchyroderma sanctaecaterinae	Mediterranean Sea	0.027 TL
Tetranchyroderma sardum	Western Central Atlantic	0.0358 TL
Tetranchyroderma schizocirratum	Northwest Pacific	0.028 TL
Tetranchyroderma swedmarki	Western Atlantic and Indi
Tetranchyroderma symphorochetum	Mediterranean Sea	0.059 TL
Tetranchyroderma tanymesatherum	Mediterranean Sea	0.032 TL
Tetranchyroderma thysanogaster	Atlantic Ocean and the Me	0.0487 BL
Tetranchyroderma thysanophorum	Mediterranean Sea.	0.046 TL
Tetranchyroderma tribolosum	Northeast Atlantic.	0.028 BL
Tetranchyroderma verum	Mediterranean Sea
Tetranchyroderma weissi	Northwest Atlantic	0.0605 BASL
Thaumastoderma appendiculatum	Northwest Pacific
Thaumastoderma arcassonense	Northeast Atlantic
Thaumastoderma bifurcatum	Northeast Atlantic
Thaumastoderma cantacuzeni	Northeast Atlantic
Thaumastoderma clandestinum	Northwest Pacific	0.0189 TL
Thaumastoderma copiophorum	Northwest Pacific
Thaumastoderma coronarium	Northwest Pacific
Thaumastoderma heideri	Northern Atlantic and the
Thaumastoderma mediterraneum	Northeast Atlantic and th	0.0192 BL
Thaumastoderma moebjergi	Northeast Atlantic	0.024 BASL
Thaumastoderma ramuliferum	Northeast Atlantic and M	0.0205 TL
Thaumastoderma renaudi	Northeast Atlantic
Thaumastoderma swedmarki	Northeast Atlantic
Thaumastoderma truncatum	Northeast Atlantic

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