Fish Identification

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Fish Identification

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Family: Ascidiidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Araneum pedunculatum []	No picture found Araneum sigma []	No picture found Ascidia ahodori []
No picture found Ascidia alterna []	No picture found Ascidia archaia []	No picture found Ascidia arenosa []
No picture found Ascidia armata []	No picture found Ascidia austera []	No picture found Ascidia aximensis []
No picture found Ascidia azurea []	No picture found Ascidia bathybia []	No picture found Ascidia bifissa []
No picture found Ascidia caguayensis []	No picture found Ascidia californica []	No picture found Ascidia callosa [Sea blister]
No picture found Ascidia cannelata []	No picture found Ascidia capillata []	No picture found Ascidia caudata []
No picture found Ascidia celtica []	No picture found Ascidia ceratodes [California sea squirt]	Ascidia challengeri []
No picture found Ascidia clementea []	No picture found Ascidia columbiana [Sea blisters]	No picture found Ascidia compta []
Ascidia conchilega []	No picture found Ascidia correi []	No picture found Ascidia curvata []
No picture found Ascidia decepta []	No picture found Ascidia despecta []	No picture found Ascidia dijmphniana []
No picture found Ascidia empheres []	No picture found Ascidia escabanae []	No picture found Ascidia fictile []
No picture found Ascidia fistulosa []	No picture found Ascidia formella []	No picture found Ascidia fusca []
No picture found Ascidia gemmata []	No picture found Ascidia glabra []	No picture found Ascidia iberica []
No picture found Ascidia incrassata [Red spotted ascidian]	No picture found Ascidia interrupta []	No picture found Ascidia involuta []
No picture found Ascidia julinea []	No picture found Ascidia kreagra []	No picture found Ascidia krechi []
No picture found Ascidia lagena []	No picture found Ascidia latesiphonica []	No picture found Ascidia liberata []
No picture found Ascidia lobata []	No picture found Ascidia longistriata []	No picture found Ascidia macropapilla []
No picture found Ascidia malaca []	No picture found Ascidia matoya []	No picture found Ascidia mediterranean []
No picture found Ascidia melanostoma []	Ascidia mentula []	No picture found Ascidia meridionalis []
No picture found Ascidia molguloides []	No picture found Ascidia multitentaculata []	No picture found Ascidia munda []
No picture found Ascidia muricata []	No picture found Ascidia nerea []	No picture found Ascidia nigra []
No picture found Ascidia obliqua []	No picture found Ascidia obocki []	No picture found Ascidia occidentalis []
No picture found Ascidia ornata []	No picture found Ascidia pacifica []	No picture found Ascidia papillosa []
No picture found Ascidia parasamea []	Ascidia paratropa [Glassy tunicate]	No picture found Ascidia placenta []
No picture found Ascidia polytrema []	No picture found Ascidia prolata []	No picture found Ascidia prona []
No picture found Ascidia prunum [Plum-like ascidia]	No picture found Ascidia pygmaea []	No picture found Ascidia recifensis []
No picture found Ascidia retinens []	No picture found Ascidia retrosipho []	No picture found Ascidia salvatoris []
No picture found Ascidia samea []	No picture found Ascidia santosi []	No picture found Ascidia scaevola []
No picture found Ascidia somalensis []	No picture found Ascidia stenodes []	No picture found Ascidia stewartensis []
No picture found Ascidia sulca []	No picture found Ascidia sydneiensis [Yellow-green sea squirt]	No picture found Ascidia tapuni []
No picture found Ascidia tenue []	No picture found Ascidia thompsoni []	No picture found Ascidia translucida []
No picture found Ascidia tritonis []	No picture found Ascidia unalaskensis []	No picture found Ascidia urnalia []
No picture found Ascidia vermiformis []	Ascidia virginea []	No picture found Ascidia xamaycana []
No picture found Ascidia zara []	No picture found Ascidia zyogasima []	No picture found Ascidiella aspersa [Dirty sea squirt]
No picture found Ascidiella scabra [Hairy sea squirt]	No picture found Phallusia arabica []	No picture found Phallusia barbarica []
No picture found Phallusia colleta []	Phallusia fumigata []	No picture found Phallusia ingeria []
Phallusia julinea []	No picture found Phallusia koreana []	Phallusia mammillata [White warty seasquirt]
No picture found Phallusia millari []	Phallusia nigra [Black sea squirt]	No picture found Phallusia obesa []
No picture found Phallusia suensonii []	No picture found Psammascidia tessieri []

116 Species of Family Ascidiidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Araneum pedunculatum		Western Central Pacific
Araneum sigma		Atlantic Ocean
Ascidia ahodori		Northwest Pacific
Ascidia alterna		Western Central Pacific
Ascidia archaia		Indo-Pacific, Atlantic an	2 TL
Ascidia arenosa		Western Indian Ocean
Ascidia armata		Northwest Pacific
Ascidia austera		Northwest Pacific
Ascidia aximensis		Eastern Atlantic and West
Ascidia azurea		Western Central Pacific
Ascidia bathybia		Antarctic, Eastern Atlant
Ascidia bifissa		Indo-Pacific
Ascidia caguayensis		Western Central Atlantic
Ascidia californica		Eastern Central Pacific
Ascidia callosa	Sea blister	Northern Atlantic, Northe	2.9 TL
Ascidia cannelata		Mediterranean Sea.
Ascidia capillata		Indo-West Pacific
Ascidia caudata		Southeast Atlantic
Ascidia celtica		Northeast Atlantic
Ascidia ceratodes	California sea squirt	Eastern Pacific.
Ascidia challengeri		Southeast Atlantic, Indo-
Ascidia clementea		Arctic and Pacific Ocean	6 H
Ascidia columbiana	Sea blisters	North Pacific. Climate	5 TL
Ascidia compta		Southeast Atlantic
Ascidia conchilega		Atlantic and the Mediterr	6 TL
Ascidia correi		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Ascidia curvata		Western Atlantic.	5 TL
Ascidia decepta		Indo-West Pacific
Ascidia despecta		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Ascidia dijmphniana		Northern Atlantic and the
Ascidia empheres		Western Central Pacific
Ascidia escabanae		Eastern Central Pacific.
Ascidia fictile		Western Indian Ocean
Ascidia fistulosa		Pacific Ocean
Ascidia formella		Eastern Central Pacific
Ascidia fusca		Southeast Pacific
Ascidia gemmata		Indo-West Pacific.	4 TL
Ascidia glabra		Indo-West Pacific
Ascidia iberica		Atlantic Ocean
Ascidia incrassata	Red spotted ascidian	Southeast Atlantic, Weste
Ascidia interrupta		Eastern Central Pacific a	10 TL
Ascidia involuta		Atlantic and the Mediterr	10 TL
Ascidia julinea		Western Indian Ocean
Ascidia kreagra		Western Central Pacific
Ascidia krechi		Southeast Atlantic
Ascidia lagena		Southwest Pacific.
Ascidia latesiphonica		Indo-West Pacific
Ascidia liberata		Western Pacific.
Ascidia lobata		Northwest Pacific
Ascidia longistriata		Northwest Pacific
Ascidia macropapilla		Southwest Pacific
Ascidia malaca		Cosmopolitan.
Ascidia matoya		Northwest Pacific
Ascidia mediterranean		Northeast Atlantic
Ascidia melanostoma		Central Pacific
Ascidia mentula		Northeast Atlantic, Antar	18 TL
Ascidia meridionalis		Antarctic Atlantic and So
Ascidia molguloides		Northeast Atlantic
Ascidia multitentaculata		Southeast Atlantic
Ascidia munda		Indo-West Pacific
Ascidia muricata		Northeast Atlantic and th
Ascidia nerea		Western Central Pacific
Ascidia nigra		Atlantic Ocean and Wester	25 TL
Ascidia obliqua		Northeast Atlantic, Weste	8 TL
Ascidia obocki		Western Indian Ocean
Ascidia occidentalis		Eastern Indian Ocean
Ascidia ornata		Western Central Pacific
Ascidia pacifica		Northwest Pacific
Ascidia papillosa		Northwest Pacific
Ascidia parasamea		Western Central Pacific
Ascidia paratropa	Glassy tunicate	Eastern Pacific	15 H
Ascidia placenta		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Ascidia polytrema		Indo-West Pacific.
Ascidia prolata		Eastern Indian Ocean
Ascidia prona		Eastern Central Atlantic
Ascidia prunum	Plum-like ascidia	Northern Atlantic, Pacifi
Ascidia pygmaea		Western Indian Ocean
Ascidia recifensis		Southwest Atlantic
Ascidia retinens		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Ascidia retrosipho		Western Indian Ocean
Ascidia salvatoris		Northeast Atlantic and th
Ascidia samea		Pacific Ocean.
Ascidia santosi		Southwest Atlantic
Ascidia scaevola		Indo-West Pacific
Ascidia somalensis		Western Indian Ocean
Ascidia stenodes		Southeast Atlantic
Ascidia stewartensis		Southwest Pacific
Ascidia sulca		Western Central Pacific
Ascidia sydneiensis	Yellow-green sea squirt	Indo-Pacific and Atlantic	30 TL
Ascidia tapuni		Pacific Ocean	2 TL
Ascidia tenue		Western Central Atlantic
Ascidia thompsoni		Eastern Indian Ocean
Ascidia translucida		Indo-West Pacific and the
Ascidia tritonis		Eastern Atlantic
Ascidia unalaskensis		Arctic and Northwest Paci
Ascidia urnalia		Indian Ocean
Ascidia vermiformis		Pacific Ocean
Ascidia virginea		Northeast Atlantic and th
Ascidia xamaycana		Western Central Atlantic
Ascidia zara		Pacific Ocean.	5 TL
Ascidia zyogasima		Northwest Pacific
Ascidiella aspersa	Dirty sea squirt	Cosmopolitan.	13 TL
Ascidiella scabra	Hairy sea squirt	Southwest Atlantic, North
Phallusia arabica		Indo-West Pacific and Nor
Phallusia barbarica		Western Central Pacific
Phallusia colleta		Northeast Atlantic and th
Phallusia fumigata		Northeast Atlantic and th
Phallusia ingeria		Northeast Atlantic and th
Phallusia julinea		Indo-West Pacific.	6.8 TL
Phallusia koreana		Northwest Pacific
Phallusia mammillata	White warty seasquirt	Northeast Atlantic and th
Phallusia millari		Indo-West Pacific.
Phallusia nigra	Black sea squirt	Cosmopolitan.	15 TL
Phallusia obesa		Indo-West Pacific and the
Phallusia suensonii		Northwest Pacific
Psammascidia tessieri		Northeast Atlantic

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