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Family: Anatomidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Anatoma aedonia []	No picture found Anatoma alta []	No picture found Anatoma americana []
No picture found Anatoma amydra []	No picture found Anatoma aspera []	No picture found Anatoma atlantica []
No picture found Anatoma aupouria []	No picture found Anatoma conica []	No picture found Anatoma crispata [Crispate scissurelle]
No picture found Anatoma equatoria []	Anatoma euglypta []	No picture found Anatoma finlayi []
No picture found Anatoma flemingi []	No picture found Anatoma globulus []	No picture found Anatoma golikovi []
No picture found Anatoma indonesica []	No picture found Anatoma japonica []	No picture found Anatoma kopua []
No picture found Anatoma lyra [Lyre scissurelle]	No picture found Anatoma maxima []	No picture found Anatoma megascutula []
No picture found Anatoma munieri []	No picture found Anatoma proxima []	No picture found Anatoma pseudoequatoria []
No picture found Anatoma rainesi []	No picture found Anatoma rapaensis []	No picture found Anatoma regia []
No picture found Anatoma supraplicata []	No picture found Anatoma tenuis []	No picture found Anatoma umbilicata []
No picture found Sasakiconcha elegantissima []	No picture found Thieleella amoena []	No picture found Thieleella argentinae []
No picture found Thieleella weddelliana []

34 Species of Family Anatomidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Anatoma aedonia		Western Atlantic.	0.25 DL
Anatoma alta		Western Atlantic	0.21 TL
Anatoma americana		Western Atlantic.	0.32 DL
Anatoma amydra		Indo-West Pacific
Anatoma aspera		Mediterranean Sea.	0.29 DL
Anatoma atlantica		Western Atlantic.	0.21 DL
Anatoma aupouria		Southwest Pacific.
Anatoma conica		Southeast Pacific, Southw	0.18 DL
Anatoma crispata	Crispate scissurelle	Arctic, Pacific Ocean, At	0.25 DL
Anatoma equatoria		Southwest Pacific
Anatoma euglypta		Southwest Atlantic and An	1.05 DL
Anatoma finlayi		Southwest Pacific
Anatoma flemingi		Southwest Pacific
Anatoma globulus		Southwest Pacific
Anatoma golikovi		Northeast Atlantic
Anatoma indonesica		Southwest Pacific
Anatoma japonica		Indo-West Pacific.
Anatoma kopua		Southwest Pacific
Anatoma lyra	Lyre scissurelle	Eastern Pacific
Anatoma maxima		Southwest Pacific
Anatoma megascutula		Western Pacific
Anatoma munieri		Indo-West Pacific.
Anatoma proxima		Western Central Atlantic	0.3 DL
Anatoma pseudoequatoria		Pacific Ocean
Anatoma rainesi		Southeast Pacific
Anatoma rapaensis		Eastern Central Pacific
Anatoma regia		Southwest Pacific
Anatoma supraplicata		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Anatoma tenuis		Atlantic Ocean.	0.48 DL
Anatoma umbilicata		Mediterranean Sea.	0.25 DL
Sasakiconcha elegantissima		Southwest Pacific and Eas
Thieleella amoena		Western Atlantic and Indo	0.35 DL
Thieleella argentinae		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL
Thieleella weddelliana		Western Atlantic.	0.56 DL

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