Fish Identification

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Fish Identification

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Family: Loxosomatidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Loxocorone allax []	No picture found Loxocorone brochobola []	No picture found Loxocorone pseudocompressa []
No picture found Loxomespilon perezi []	No picture found Loxomitra annulata []	No picture found Loxomitra kefersteinii []
No picture found Loxomitra mizugamaensis []	No picture found Loxomitra tetraorganon []	No picture found Loxosoma agile []
No picture found Loxosoma ampullae []	No picture found Loxosoma annelidicola []	No picture found Loxosoma axisadversum []
No picture found Loxosoma bifida []	No picture found Loxosoma breve []	No picture found Loxosoma claparedei []
No picture found Loxosoma collumnodi []	No picture found Loxosoma cubitus []	No picture found Loxosoma davenporti []
No picture found Loxosoma difigurata []	No picture found Loxosoma fishelsoni []	No picture found Loxosoma infundibuliformis []
No picture found Loxosoma isolata []	No picture found Loxosoma jaegersteni []	No picture found Loxosoma loricatum []
No picture found Loxosoma loxalina []	No picture found Loxosoma minuta []	No picture found Loxosoma monensis []
No picture found Loxosoma monilis []	No picture found Loxosoma murmanica []	No picture found Loxosoma nung []
No picture found Loxosoma okudai []	No picture found Loxosoma pectinaricola []	No picture found Loxosoma poculi []
No picture found Loxosoma rhodinicola []	No picture found Loxosoma rotunda []	No picture found Loxosoma saltans []
No picture found Loxosoma sam []	No picture found Loxosoma significans []	No picture found Loxosoma singulare []
No picture found Loxosoma sluiteri []	No picture found Loxosoma song []	No picture found Loxosoma spathula []
No picture found Loxosoma spiropedis []	No picture found Loxosoma subsessile []	No picture found Loxosoma tetracheir []
No picture found Loxosoma umeri []	No picture found Loxosoma vatilli []	No picture found Loxosomella akkeshiensis []
No picture found Loxosomella alata []	No picture found Loxosomella antarctica []	No picture found Loxosomella antedonis []
No picture found Loxosomella antis []	No picture found Loxosomella aripes []	No picture found Loxosomella atkinsae []
No picture found Loxosomella bilocata []	No picture found Loxosomella bocki []	No picture found Loxosomella brachystipes []
No picture found Loxosomella brucei []	No picture found Loxosomella brumpti []	No picture found Loxosomella circularis []
No picture found Loxosomella claviformis []	No picture found Loxosomella compressa []	No picture found Loxosomella constrictans []
No picture found Loxosomella crassicauda []	No picture found Loxosomella criketae []	No picture found Loxosomella discopoda []
No picture found Loxosomella ditadii []	No picture found Loxosomella elegans []	No picture found Loxosomella fagei []
No picture found Loxosomella fauveli []	No picture found Loxosomella follicola []	No picture found Loxosomella gautieri []
No picture found Loxosomella glandulifera []	No picture found Loxosomella globosa []	No picture found Loxosomella harmeri []
No picture found Loxosomella illota []	No picture found Loxosomella kindai []	No picture found Loxosomella leptoclini []
No picture found Loxosomella lineata []	No picture found Loxosomella macginitieorum []	No picture found Loxosomella marsypos []
No picture found Loxosomella mepse []	No picture found Loxosomella mortenseni []	No picture found Loxosomella museriensis []
No picture found Loxosomella neopolitanum []	No picture found Loxosomella nitschei []	No picture found Loxosomella nordgaardi []
No picture found Loxosomella obesa []	No picture found Loxosomella olei []	No picture found Loxosomella ornata []
No picture found Loxosomella phascolosomata []	No picture found Loxosomella plakorticola []	No picture found Loxosomella polita []
No picture found Loxosomella pusilla []	No picture found Loxosomella scaura []	No picture found Loxosomella seiryoini []
No picture found Loxosomella shizugawaensis []	No picture found Loxosomella similis []	No picture found Loxosomella studiosora []
No picture found Loxosomella teissieri []	No picture found Loxosomella tethyae []	No picture found Loxosomella tonsoria []
No picture found Loxosomella triangularis []	No picture found Loxosomella varians []	No picture found Loxosomella velata []
No picture found Loxosomella vivipara []	No picture found Loxosomella worki []	No picture found Loxosomella zima []
No picture found Pedicellina hispida []

109 Species of Family Loxosomatidae
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Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Loxocorone allax	Northwest Pacific	0.1317 TL
Loxocorone brochobola	Antarctic Atlantic	0.135 TL
Loxocorone pseudocompressa	Northwest Pacific
Loxomespilon perezi	Northeast Atlantic	0.035 TL
Loxomitra annulata	Western Central Pacific
Loxomitra kefersteinii	Atlantic and Western Indi	0.15 TL
Loxomitra mizugamaensis	Northwest Pacific	0.1114 TL
Loxomitra tetraorganon	Northwest Pacific	0.12 TL
Loxosoma agile	Northwest Atlantic	0.06 TL
Loxosoma ampullae	Northwest Pacific
Loxosoma annelidicola	Northeast Atlantic	0.08 TL
Loxosoma axisadversum	Northwest Pacific	0.022 TL
Loxosoma bifida	Northwest Pacific
Loxosoma breve	Western Central Pacific
Loxosoma claparedei	Northeast Atlantic	0.08 TL
Loxosoma collumnodi	Northwest Pacific
Loxosoma cubitus	Northwest Pacific	0.091 TL
Loxosoma davenporti	Northwest Atlantic
Loxosoma difigurata	Northwest Pacific
Loxosoma fishelsoni	Western Indian Ocean	0.2148 TL
Loxosoma infundibuliformis	Arctic Ocean.
Loxosoma isolata	The Mediterranean Sea	0.065 TL
Loxosoma jaegersteni	Western Central Atlantic	0.0795 TL
Loxosoma loricatum	Western Central Pacific
Loxosoma loxalina	Northeast Atlantic
Loxosoma minuta	Northwest Atlantic
Loxosoma monensis	Northeast Atlantic	0.12 TL
Loxosoma monilis	Northwest Pacific	0.342 TL
Loxosoma murmanica	Northeast Atlantic and th	0.065 TL
Loxosoma nung	Eastern Indian Ocean	0.353 TL
Loxosoma okudai	Northwest Pacific	0.056 TL
Loxosoma pectinaricola	Northeast Atlantic.	0.2 TL
Loxosoma poculi	Northwest Pacific	0.028 TL
Loxosoma rhodinicola	Northeast Atlantic	0.1 TL
Loxosoma rotunda	Arctic Sea.
Loxosoma saltans	Northeast Atlantic
Loxosoma sam	Eastern Indian Ocean	0.135 TL
Loxosoma significans	Northwest Atlantic	0.042 TL
Loxosoma singulare	Northeast Atlantic and th	0.05 TL
Loxosoma sluiteri	Western Central Pacific
Loxosoma song	Eastern Indian Ocean	0.374 TL
Loxosoma spathula	Western Atlantic	0.0875 TL
Loxosoma spiropedis	Northwest Pacific
Loxosoma subsessile	Western Central Pacific
Loxosoma tetracheir	Western Central Atlantic	0.0315 TL
Loxosoma umeri	Northwest Pacific
Loxosoma vatilli	Northwest Pacific	0.107 TL
Loxosomella akkeshiensis	Northwest Pacific
Loxosomella alata	Northeast Atlantic and th
Loxosomella antarctica	Antarctic Pacific
Loxosomella antedonis	Northern Atlantic
Loxosomella antis	Northwest Atlantic
Loxosomella aripes	Northeast Atlantic	0.047 TL
Loxosomella atkinsae	Northeast Atlantic and th	0.11 TL
Loxosomella bilocata	Western Central Atlantic
Loxosomella bocki	Western Central Pacific
Loxosomella brachystipes	Antarctic Pacific
Loxosomella brucei	Northeast Atlantic	0.04 TL
Loxosomella brumpti	Northeast Atlantic
Loxosomella circularis	Western Central Pacific
Loxosomella claviformis	Northeast Atlantic and th	0.1 TL
Loxosomella compressa	Northeast Atlantic	0.07 TL
Loxosomella constrictans	Western Indian Ocean
Loxosomella crassicauda	Northeast Atlantic and th	0.187 TL
Loxosomella criketae	Western Central Atlantic
Loxosomella discopoda	Northeast Atlantic.	0.02 TL
Loxosomella ditadii	Southwest Atlantic
Loxosomella elegans	Eastern Central Atlantic	0.067 TL
Loxosomella fagei	Northeast Atlantic	0.037 TL
Loxosomella fauveli	Northeast Atlantic	0.08 TL
Loxosomella follicola	Western Central Atlantic
Loxosomella gautieri	Mediterranean Sea
Loxosomella glandulifera	Northeast Atlantic	0.3 TL
Loxosomella globosa	Mediterranean Sea
Loxosomella harmeri	Northeast Atlantic.	0.1 TL
Loxosomella illota	Western Central Atlantic
Loxosomella kindai	Northwest Atlantic
Loxosomella leptoclini	Mediterranean Sea.
Loxosomella lineata	Western Central Pacific
Loxosomella macginitieorum	Eastern Central Pacific
Loxosomella marsypos	Northeast Atlantic.	0.04 TL
Loxosomella mepse	Southwest Atlantic
Loxosomella mortenseni	Southwest Atlantic
Loxosomella museriensis	Western Indian Ocean
Loxosomella neopolitanum	Mediterranean Sea.
Loxosomella nitschei	Northeast Atlantic and th
Loxosomella nordgaardi	Northeast Atlantic.	0.0475 TL
Loxosomella obesa	Northeast Atlantic	0.24 TL
Loxosomella olei	Southwest Atlantic
Loxosomella ornata	Northeast Atlantic	0.0435 TL
Loxosomella phascolosomata	Northeast Atlantic and th	0.25 TL
Loxosomella plakorticola
Loxosomella polita	Northeast Atlantic.	0.042 TL
Loxosomella pusilla	Western Central Pacific
Loxosomella scaura	Northeast Atlantic	0.09 TL
Loxosomella seiryoini	Antarctic Atlantic.
Loxosomella shizugawaensis	Northwest Pacific
Loxosomella similis	Northeast Atlantic	0.0415 TL
Loxosomella studiosora	Northwest Pacific
Loxosomella teissieri	Northeast Atlantic	0.0365 TL
Loxosomella tethyae	Mediterranean and the USA
Loxosomella tonsoria	Northwest Atlantic and th
Loxosomella triangularis	Western Central Atlantic
Loxosomella varians	Northern Atlantic.	0.075 TL
Loxosomella velata	Western Central Pacific
Loxosomella vivipara	Western Central Atlantic
Loxosomella worki	Western Central Atlantic
Loxosomella zima	Southwest Atlantic
Pedicellina hispida	Northeast Atlantic and So	0.03 TL

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