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Class: Holothuroidea
Order: Holothuriida
Family: Holothuriidae sea cucumbers

Genus: Actinopyga

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21 species (see list below)
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FAO

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 35 cm TL
Actinopyga agassiziSelenka, 1867

Photo by FAO
 
Actinopyga agassizi
[Five-toothed sea cucumber]

Purcell, Steven

Indo-West Pacific

Actinopyga albonigraCherbonnier & Féral, 1984

Photo by Purcell, Steven
 
Actinopyga albonigra
[]
No picture found
 
Actinopyga bacilla
[]
No picture found
 
Actinopyga bannwarthi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 40 cm TL
 
Actinopyga caerulea
[Blue sea cucumber]
No picture found
 
Actinopyga capillata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 15 cm TL
 
Actinopyga caroliniana
[Caroline's sea cucumber]
No picture found
 
Actinopyga crassa
[]

Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 36 cm TL
Actinopyga echinites(Jaeger, 1833)

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Actinopyga echinites
[Deep-water redfish]
No picture found

Max. Length 45 cm TL
 
Actinopyga flammea
[]
No picture found
 
Actinopyga fusca
[]

FAO

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 25 cm TL
Actinopyga lecanora(Jaeger, 1833)

Photo by FAO
 
Actinopyga lecanora
[White-bottomed sea cucumber]
No picture found
 
Actinopyga lubrica
[]

Purcell, Steven

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 35 cm TL
Actinopyga mauritiana(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)

Photo by Purcell, Steven
 
Actinopyga mauritiana
[Surf redfish]

Purcell, Steven

Indo- Pacific, including
Max. Length 35 cm TL
Actinopyga miliaris(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)

Photo by Purcell, Steven
 
Actinopyga miliaris
[Hairy blackfish]
No picture found
 
Actinopyga obesa
[Plump sea cucumber]

Purcell, Steven

Pacific Ocean.
Max. Length 40 cm TL
Actinopyga palauensisPanning, 1944

Photo by Purcell, Steven
 
Actinopyga palauensis
[Panning's blackfish]
No picture found
 
Actinopyga parvula
[]
No picture found
 
Actinopyga serratidens
[]

Purcell, Steven

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 38 cm TL
Actinopyga spineaCherbonnier, 1980

Photo by Purcell, Steven
 
Actinopyga spinea
[New Caledonia blackfish]
No picture found
 
Actinopyga varians
[Holothuroids]


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