Fish Identification

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Fish Identification

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Non-fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Daphniidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Ceriodaphnia cornuta []	No picture found Ceriodaphnia lacustris []	No picture found Ceriodaphnia reticulata []
No picture found Daphnia galeata []	No picture found Daphnia hyalina []	No picture found Daphnia laevis []
No picture found Daphnia longispina []	No picture found Daphnia pulex []	No picture found Daphnia pulicaria []
No picture found Daphnia retrocurva []	No picture found Moina micrura []	No picture found Scapholeberis kingi []
No picture found Simocephalus vetulus []

13 Species of Family Daphniidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Ceriodaphnia cornuta		Western Indian Ocean
Ceriodaphnia lacustris		North America.
Ceriodaphnia reticulata		Africa.
Daphnia galeata		Europe.
Daphnia hyalina		Europe.
Daphnia laevis		Africa.
Daphnia longispina		Africa
Daphnia pulex		Africa.
Daphnia pulicaria		North America.
Daphnia retrocurva		North America.
Moina micrura		Asia
Scapholeberis kingi		Asia
Simocephalus vetulus		Asia

Other identification tools in SeaLifeBase

Quick Identification

Identification keys

Identification by morphometrics

Identification by pictures:

          If you already know the Family, go to Search SeaLifeBase, select Family and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in SeaLifeBase for the family.

          If you already know the Country, go to Search SeaLifeBase, select Country and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in SeaLifeBase for the country.

          If you already know the Ecosystem, go to Search SeaLifeBase, select Ecosystem and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in SeaLifeBase for the ecosystem.