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Family: Pterognathiidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Cosmognathia aquila []	No picture found Cosmognathia arcus []	No picture found Cosmognathia bastillae []
No picture found Cosmognathia manubrium []	No picture found Pterognathia alcicornis []	No picture found Pterognathia atrox []
No picture found Pterognathia crocodilus []	No picture found Pterognathia ctenifera []	No picture found Pterognathia grandis []
No picture found Pterognathia hawaiiensis []	No picture found Pterognathia meixneri []	No picture found Pterognathia pygmaea []
No picture found Pterognathia sica []	No picture found Pterognathia sorex []	No picture found Pterognathia swedmarki []
No picture found Pterognathia ugera []	No picture found Pterognathia vilii []

17 Species of Family Pterognathiidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Cosmognathia aquila		Western Central Atlantic
Cosmognathia arcus		Pacific Ocean and Western
Cosmognathia bastillae		Western Central Pacific
Cosmognathia manubrium		Eastern Central Pacific
Pterognathia alcicornis		Western Central Atlantic
Pterognathia atrox		Northeast Atlantic.
Pterognathia crocodilus		Western Central Pacific a
Pterognathia ctenifera		Pacific Ocean and Western
Pterognathia grandis		Western Central Atlantic
Pterognathia hawaiiensis		Eastern Central Pacific
Pterognathia meixneri		Northeast Atlantic.
Pterognathia pygmaea		Northwest Atlantic.
Pterognathia sica		Southwest Pacific
Pterognathia sorex		Northeast Atlantic
Pterognathia swedmarki		Northeast Atlantic
Pterognathia ugera		Pacific Ocean and Western
Pterognathia vilii		Western Central Pacific

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