Fish Identification

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Fish Identification

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Family: Sagittidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Abosagitta grata []	No picture found Abosagitta macra []	No picture found Abosagitta rasilis []
No picture found Abosagitta taeniata []	No picture found Accedosagitta firmulus []	No picture found Accedosagitta minuta []
No picture found Aidanosagitta acinacis []	No picture found Aidanosagitta acus []	No picture found Aidanosagitta alvarinoae []
No picture found Aidanosagitta bedfordii []	No picture found Aidanosagitta bella []	No picture found Aidanosagitta candida []
Aidanosagitta crassa []	No picture found Aidanosagitta delicata []	No picture found Aidanosagitta erythraea []
No picture found Aidanosagitta golicovi []	No picture found Aidanosagitta guileri []	No picture found Aidanosagitta johorensis []
No picture found Aidanosagitta lepida []	No picture found Aidanosagitta macilenta []	No picture found Aidanosagitta murex []
No picture found Aidanosagitta nairi []	No picture found Aidanosagitta neglecta []	No picture found Aidanosagitta oblonga []
No picture found Aidanosagitta oceania [Arrow worm]	No picture found Aidanosagitta pilum []	No picture found Aidanosagitta regularis []
No picture found Aidanosagitta scarlatovi []	No picture found Aidanosagitta septata []	No picture found Aidanosagitta subulata []
No picture found Aidanosagitta tropica []	No picture found Aidanosagitta venusta []	No picture found Bathysagitta scaphicephala []
No picture found Caecosagitta caeca []	No picture found Caecosagitta jerryi []	Caecosagitta macrocephala []
No picture found Decipisagitta decipiens []	No picture found Ferosagitta americana []	No picture found Ferosagitta cristallina []
No picture found Ferosagitta ferox []	No picture found Ferosagitta galerita []	Ferosagitta hispida []
No picture found Ferosagitta madhupratapi []	No picture found Ferosagitta paulula []	No picture found Ferosagitta robusta []
No picture found Ferosagitta siamensis []	No picture found Flaccisagitta adenensis []	No picture found Flaccisagitta enflata []
No picture found Flaccisagitta hexaptera [Chaetognaths]	No picture found Leptosagitta acicula []	No picture found Leptosagitta alba []
No picture found Leptosagitta collariata []	No picture found Leptosagitta eris []	No picture found Leptosagitta exigua []
No picture found Leptosagitta icis []	No picture found Leptosagitta nudata []	No picture found Leptosagitta ocis []
No picture found Leptosagitta pogodini []	No picture found Leptosagitta schakovi []	No picture found Mesosagitta exilis []
No picture found Mesosagitta formosa []	No picture found Mesosagitta minima []	No picture found Mesosagitta neodecipiens []
No picture found Mesosagitta slunini []	No picture found Mesosagitta velox []	No picture found Oligoradiata entis []
No picture found Oligoradiata mills []	No picture found Oligoradiata pellucida []	No picture found Omittosagitta alvarinoe []
No picture found Omittosagitta bacilaris []	No picture found Omittosagitta diaphana []	No picture found Omittosagitta galzowi []
No picture found Parasagitta brevicauda []	No picture found Parasagitta chilensis []	Parasagitta elegans []
No picture found Parasagitta euneritica []	No picture found Parasagitta friderici []	No picture found Parasagitta megalophthalma []
No picture found Parasagitta peruviana []	No picture found Parasagitta popovicii []	No picture found Parasagitta septicoela []
Parasagitta setosa []	No picture found Parasagitta tenuis []	Pseudosagitta gazellae []
No picture found Pseudosagitta lyra []	No picture found Pseudosagitta maxima []	No picture found Pseudosagitta scrippsae []
No picture found Sagitta ai []	Sagitta bipunctata []	No picture found Sagitta bombayensis []
No picture found Sagitta bruuni []	No picture found Sagitta euxina []	No picture found Sagitta helenae []
No picture found Sagitta kussakini []	No picture found Sagitta lacunae []	No picture found Sagitta modesta []
No picture found Sagitta tokiokai []	No picture found Serratosagitta bierii []	No picture found Serratosagitta pacifica []
No picture found Serratosagitta pseudoserratodentata []	No picture found Serratosagitta serratodentata []	No picture found Serratosagitta tasmanica []
No picture found Solidosagitta abyssicola []	No picture found Solidosagitta marri []	No picture found Solidosagitta planctonis []
No picture found Solidosagitta zetesios []	No picture found Zonosagitta bedoti []	No picture found Zonosagitta izuensis []
No picture found Zonosagitta littoralis []	No picture found Zonosagitta lucida []	Zonosagitta nagae []
No picture found Zonosagitta pulchra []

112 Species of Family Sagittidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Abosagitta grata		Northwest Pacific	1.4 BL
Abosagitta macra		Northwest Pacific	1.1 TL
Abosagitta rasilis		Northwest Pacific	1.3 BL
Abosagitta taeniata		Northwest Pacific	1.3 BL
Accedosagitta firmulus		Northwest Pacific.
Accedosagitta minuta		Northwest Pacific.
Aidanosagitta acinacis		Northwest Pacific
Aidanosagitta acus		Northwest Pacific
Aidanosagitta alvarinoae		Northwest Pacific	1.9 BL
Aidanosagitta bedfordii		Indo-West Pacific.	0.4 BL
Aidanosagitta bella		Northwest Pacific
Aidanosagitta candida		Northwest Pacific
Aidanosagitta crassa		Western Pacific	1 BL
Aidanosagitta delicata		Northwest Pacific	0.7 BL
Aidanosagitta erythraea		Western Indian Ocean	1 BL
Aidanosagitta golicovi		Northwest Pacific.
Aidanosagitta guileri		Western Indian Ocean	1.4 BL
Aidanosagitta johorensis		Indo-West Pacific	0.59 BL
Aidanosagitta lepida		Northwest Pacific
Aidanosagitta macilenta		Northwest Pacific
Aidanosagitta murex		Northwest Pacific
Aidanosagitta nairi		Western Indian Ocean	0.52 BL
Aidanosagitta neglecta		Indo-Pacific.	1 BL
Aidanosagitta oblonga		Northwest Pacific
Aidanosagitta oceania	Arrow worm	Pacific Ocean.	0.8 BL
Aidanosagitta pilum		Northwest Pacific
Aidanosagitta regularis		Indo-Pacific.	0.6 BL
Aidanosagitta scarlatovi		Northwest Pacific
Aidanosagitta septata		Indo-West Pacific.	0.6 BL
Aidanosagitta subulata		Northwest Pacific
Aidanosagitta tropica		Western Pacific.	0.7 BL
Aidanosagitta venusta		Northwest Pacific
Bathysagitta scaphicephala		Northwest Pacific
Caecosagitta caeca		Northwest Pacific	1.64 BL
Caecosagitta jerryi		Western Central Atlantic	2.2 BL
Caecosagitta macrocephala		Cosmopolitan.	2.2 BL
Decipisagitta decipiens		Cosmopolitan.	1.4 BL
Ferosagitta americana		Eastern Pacific	0.8 BL
Ferosagitta cristallina		Northwest Pacific
Ferosagitta ferox		Indo-Pacific.	1.8 BL
Ferosagitta galerita		Western Indian Ocean	1.4 BL
Ferosagitta hispida		Western Atlantic and west	1.1 BL
Ferosagitta madhupratapi		Western Indian Ocean	1 BL
Ferosagitta paulula		Northwest Pacific.	1.4 BL
Ferosagitta robusta		Indo-Pacific.	2.2 BL
Ferosagitta siamensis		Eastern Indian Ocean	0.77 BL
Flaccisagitta adenensis		Western Indian Ocean.	3.2 BL
Flaccisagitta enflata		Circumglobal in warm and	2.5 BL
Flaccisagitta hexaptera	Chaetognaths	Cosmopolitan.	7 BL
Leptosagitta acicula		Northwest Pacific
Leptosagitta alba		Northwest Pacific
Leptosagitta collariata		Northwest Pacific
Leptosagitta eris		Northwest Pacific
Leptosagitta exigua		Northwest Pacific
Leptosagitta icis		Northwest Pacific
Leptosagitta nudata		Northwest Pacific
Leptosagitta ocis		Northwest Pacific
Leptosagitta pogodini		Northwest Pacific
Leptosagitta schakovi		Northwest Pacific
Mesosagitta exilis		Northwest Pacific.
Mesosagitta formosa		Northwest Pacific
Mesosagitta minima		Cosmopolitan.	1 BL
Mesosagitta neodecipiens		Northern Pacific (Ref. 36	1.4 BL
Mesosagitta slunini		Northwest Pacific
Mesosagitta velox		Northwest Pacific
Oligoradiata entis		Northwest Pacific
Oligoradiata mills		Northwest Pacific.
Oligoradiata pellucida		Northwest Pacific
Omittosagitta alvarinoe		Northwest Pacific.
Omittosagitta bacilaris		Northwest Pacific
Omittosagitta diaphana		Northwest Pacific
Omittosagitta galzowi		Northwest Pacific.
Parasagitta brevicauda		Northwest Pacific.
Parasagitta chilensis		Southeast Pacific	1.53 BL
Parasagitta elegans		Circum-Arctic. Temperate	3 BL
Parasagitta euneritica		Eastern Pacific.	1.6 BL
Parasagitta friderici		Atlantic, Pacific and the	1.5 BL
Parasagitta megalophthalma		Mediterranean Sea.	2 BL
Parasagitta peruviana		Eastern Pacific.	1.3 BL
Parasagitta popovicii		Eastern Pacific.	0.6 BL
Parasagitta septicoela		Northwest Pacific
Parasagitta setosa		Northeast Atlantic, Medit	1.4 BL
Parasagitta tenuis		Atlantic Ocean and Easter	1.1 BL
Pseudosagitta gazellae		Antarctic and sub-Antarct	10.5 BL
Pseudosagitta lyra		Circumglobal in temperate	4.2 BL
Pseudosagitta maxima		Circumglobal.	9 BL
Pseudosagitta scrippsae		Pacific Ocean.	6 BL
Sagitta ai		Northwest Pacific.	2 BL
Sagitta bipunctata		Circumglobal in temperate	1.9 BL
Sagitta bombayensis		Western Indian Ocean	1.3 BL
Sagitta bruuni		Western Central Pacific	1.5 BL
Sagitta euxina		Black Sea.	2 BL
Sagitta helenae		Western Atlantic	1.4 BL
Sagitta kussakini		Northwest Pacific
Sagitta lacunae		Indo-Pacific.	0.9 BL
Sagitta modesta		Northwest Pacific.
Sagitta tokiokai		Indo-Pacific	2.2 BL
Serratosagitta bierii		Eastern Pacific.	1.9 BL
Serratosagitta pacifica		Indo-Pacific.	1.4 BL
Serratosagitta pseudoserratodentata		Indo-Pacific	0.6 BL
Serratosagitta serratodentata		Atlantic Ocean, Western I	1.3 BL
Serratosagitta tasmanica		Atlantic, Indo-Pacific an	3 BL
Solidosagitta abyssicola		Circumglobal.	3.3 BL
Solidosagitta marri		Atlantic, Pacific and Ind	2.85 BL
Solidosagitta planctonis		Circumglobal. Common in	3.7 BL
Solidosagitta zetesios		Circumglobal.	4.5 BL
Zonosagitta bedoti		Indo-Pacific between 40°	1.5 BL
Zonosagitta izuensis		Northwest Pacific.	4.1 BL
Zonosagitta littoralis		Indo-Pacific.	1.2 BL
Zonosagitta lucida		Western Indian Ocean.	3.6 BL
Zonosagitta nagae		Indo-West Pacific	2.5 BL
Zonosagitta pulchra		Indo-Pacific.	2.4 BL

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