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Family: Cancellariidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Admete carinata []	No picture found Admete clivicola []	No picture found Admete couthouyi []
No picture found Admete gracilior [Slender Admete]	No picture found Admete haini []	No picture found Admete magellanica []
No picture found Admete microscopica []	No picture found Admete nodosa []	Admete regina [Noble Admete]
No picture found Admete specularis []	Admete viridula [Northern admete]	No picture found Admetula bayeri []
No picture found Admetula vossi []	No picture found Agatrix agassizii [Agassiz's nutmeg]	No picture found Agatrix epomis []
No picture found Aphera lindae []	No picture found Axelella brasiliensis []	No picture found Axelella scalatella []
Axelella smithii []	No picture found Bivetiella cancellata [Cancellated nutmeg]	No picture found Bivetiella similis []
No picture found Brocchinia clenchi []	No picture found Brocchinia harasewychi []	No picture found Brocchinia pustulosa []
No picture found Brocchinia verheckeni []	No picture found Cancellaria adelae []	No picture found Cancellaria aqualica []
Cancellaria asperella []	No picture found Cancellaria boucheti []	No picture found Cancellaria cooperii []
No picture found Cancellaria ektyphos []	No picture found Cancellaria mediamericana []	No picture found Cancellaria mercadoi []
No picture found Cancellaria oblonga []	No picture found Cancellaria petuchi []	No picture found Cancellaria reticulata [Common nutmeg]
No picture found Cancellaria richardpetiti []	No picture found Cancellaria rosewateri []	No picture found Fusiaphera macrospira []
No picture found Fusiaphera macrospiratoides []	No picture found Fusiaphera tosaensis []	No picture found Gerdiella alvesi []
No picture found Gerdiella cingulata []	No picture found Gerdiella gerda []	No picture found Gerdiella santa []
No picture found Gergovia petiti []	No picture found Iphinopsis boucheti []	No picture found Iphinopsis nuda []
No picture found Iphinopsis splendens []	No picture found Merica elegans []	No picture found Merica melanostoma []
No picture found Merica semperiana []	No picture found Merica sinensis []	No picture found Mericella rosadoi []
No picture found Microcancilla jonasi []	No picture found Neadmete modesta [Modest admete]	No picture found Nipponaphera habei []
No picture found Nipponaphera iwaotakii []	No picture found Nipponaphera nodosivaricosa []	No picture found Nipponaphera suduirauti []
No picture found Nipponaphera teramachii []	No picture found Nothoadmete antarctica []	No picture found Nothoadmete consobrina []
No picture found Nothoadmete delicatula []	No picture found Nothoadmete tumida []	Pisanella viva []
No picture found Plesiotriton vivus []	No picture found Pseudobabylonella minima []	No picture found Scalptia aliguayensis []
No picture found Scalptia articularoides []	No picture found Scalptia bicolor [Two-colour nutmeg]	No picture found Scalptia contabulata []
No picture found Scalptia crenifera []	No picture found Scalptia crispatoide []	No picture found Scalptia crossei []
No picture found Scalptia delsaerdti []	No picture found Scalptia gorii []	No picture found Scalptia harmulensis []
No picture found Scalptia hystrix []	No picture found Scalptia larissaensis []	No picture found Scalptia mencadoi []
No picture found Scalptia nassa []	No picture found Scalptia rashafuensis []	No picture found Scalptia richardi []
No picture found Scalptia scalata []	No picture found Scalptia vangoethemi []	No picture found Scalptia verreauxii []
No picture found Sydaphera Christiana []	No picture found Sydaphera gigantea []	No picture found Tribia coronata []
No picture found Trigonaphera bocageana []	No picture found Trigonaphera dekkeri []	No picture found Trigonostoma crenifera []
No picture found Trigonostoma kilburni []	No picture found Trigonostoma obliquata []	No picture found Trigonostoma pellucida []
No picture found Trigonostoma rugosum [Rugose nutmeg]	No picture found Trigonostoma scalare []	Trigonostoma scalariformis []
Trigonostoma scalata []	No picture found Trigonostoma tenerum []	Trigonostoma textilis []
No picture found Trigonostoma thysthlon []	No picture found Tritonoharpa antiquata []	No picture found Tritonoharpa bayeri []
No picture found Tritonoharpa beui []	No picture found Tritonoharpa cubapatriae []	Tritonoharpa lanceolata [Arrow dwarf triton]
No picture found Tritonoharpa leali []	No picture found Tritonoharpa pseudangasi []	No picture found Zeadmete watsoni []

111 Species of Family Cancellariidae
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Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Admete carinata		Southeast Pacific, Southw
Admete clivicola		Northeast Atlantic and th
Admete couthouyi		Northern Atlantic and the
Admete gracilior	Slender Admete	East Pacific.
Admete haini		Western Atlantic and Indi	0.95 DL
Admete magellanica		Southeast Pacific and Sou	1.18 DL
Admete microscopica		Western Atlantic.	0.43 DL
Admete nodosa		Atlantic Ocean.	1.2 DL
Admete regina	Noble Admete	Eastern Pacific and the A
Admete specularis		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Admete viridula	Northern admete	Eastern Pacific, Northern	2.3 DL
Admetula bayeri		Western Atlantic.	1.94 DL
Admetula vossi		Western Atlantic.	1.28 DL
Agatrix agassizii	Agassiz's nutmeg	Western Atlantic.	1.35 DL
Agatrix epomis		Western Central Atlantic	1.46 NG
Aphera lindae		Western Atlantic.	1 DL
Axelella brasiliensis		Western Atlantic.	0.48 DL
Axelella scalatella		Western Atlantic.	1.39 DL
Axelella smithii		Western Atlantic	1.5 DL
Bivetiella cancellata	Cancellated nutmeg	Mediterranean Sea.
Bivetiella similis		Mediterranean Sea.
Brocchinia clenchi		Atlantic Ocean.	0.63 DL
Brocchinia harasewychi		Western Atlantic.
Brocchinia pustulosa		Western Atlantic.	1.16 DL
Brocchinia verheckeni		Western Atlantic.
Cancellaria adelae		Western Atlantic.	5.3 DL
Cancellaria aqualica		Western Central Pacific
Cancellaria asperella		Western Central Pacific	4 ShH
Cancellaria boucheti		Western Central Pacific
Cancellaria cooperii		Eastern Central Pacific
Cancellaria ektyphos		Western Central Pacific
Cancellaria mediamericana		Western Atlantic.	3.6 DL
Cancellaria mercadoi		Western Central Pacific	3.5 ShH
Cancellaria oblonga		Western Central Pacific	4.5 ShH
Cancellaria petuchi		Western Atlantic.	3.7 DL
Cancellaria reticulata	Common nutmeg	Western Atlantic	5.5 DL
Cancellaria richardpetiti		Western Atlantic.	3.1 DL
Cancellaria rosewateri		Western Atlantic.	3.04 DL
Fusiaphera macrospira		Western Pacific
Fusiaphera macrospiratoides		Western Central Pacific
Fusiaphera tosaensis		Western Central Pacific
Gerdiella alvesi		Western Atlantic.	2.2 DL
Gerdiella cingulata		Western Atlantic.	3.15 DL
Gerdiella gerda		Western Atlantic.	3.02 DL
Gerdiella santa		Western Atlantic.	3.02 DL
Gergovia petiti		Western Atlantic.
Iphinopsis boucheti		Western Indian Ocean
Iphinopsis nuda		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL
Iphinopsis splendens		Western Atlantic.
Merica elegans		Western Central Pacific
Merica melanostoma		Indo-West Pacific.
Merica semperiana		Western Central Pacific
Merica sinensis		Northwest Pacific
Mericella rosadoi		Western Indian Ocean
Microcancilla jonasi		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL
Neadmete modesta	Modest admete	Northeast Pacific and Wes	0.57 DL
Nipponaphera habei		Western Central Pacific
Nipponaphera iwaotakii		Western Central Pacific
Nipponaphera nodosivaricosa		Western Central Pacific	1.3 SHL
Nipponaphera suduirauti		Western Central Pacific
Nipponaphera teramachii		Western Central Pacific
Nothoadmete antarctica		Western Atlantic and Indo	1.16 DL
Nothoadmete consobrina		Western Atlantic and Indo	1.2 DL
Nothoadmete delicatula		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Nothoadmete tumida		Western Atlantic.	1.25 DL
Pisanella viva		Western Central Pacific	5.5 ShH
Plesiotriton vivus		Indo-West Pacific.
Pseudobabylonella minima		Mediterranean Sea.
Scalptia aliguayensis		Western Central Pacific
Scalptia articularoides		Western Indian Ocean
Scalptia bicolor	Two-colour nutmeg	Indo-West Pacific.	2.2 TL
Scalptia contabulata		Indo-West Pacific.
Scalptia crenifera		Western Central Pacific
Scalptia crispatoide		Western Central Pacific
Scalptia crossei		Western Central Pacific
Scalptia delsaerdti		Western Indian Ocean
Scalptia gorii		Western Indian Ocean
Scalptia harmulensis		Western Indian Ocean
Scalptia hystrix		Western Indian Ocean.
Scalptia larissaensis		Western Indian Ocean
Scalptia mencadoi		Western Central Pacific
Scalptia nassa		Western Central Pacific
Scalptia rashafuensis		Western Indian Ocean
Scalptia richardi		Eastern Indian Ocean
Scalptia scalata		Western Central Pacific
Scalptia vangoethemi		Western Central Pacific
Scalptia verreauxii		Western Central Pacific
Sydaphera Christiana		Western Central Pacific
Sydaphera gigantea		Western Central Pacific
Tribia coronata		Mediterranean Sea.
Trigonaphera bocageana		Northwest Pacific
Trigonaphera dekkeri		Western Indian Ocean
Trigonostoma crenifera		Western Central Pacific	2.5 ShH
Trigonostoma kilburni		Western Indian Ocean
Trigonostoma obliquata		Western Pacific	2 ShH
Trigonostoma pellucida		Western Central Pacific
Trigonostoma rugosum	Rugose nutmeg	East Pacific.	2.5 DL
Trigonostoma scalare		Western Central Pacific
Trigonostoma scalariformis		Western Pacific	3 ShH
Trigonostoma scalata		Western Central Pacific	3 ShH
Trigonostoma tenerum		Western Atlantic	3.9 DL
Trigonostoma textilis		Western Central Pacific	3.5 ShH
Trigonostoma thysthlon		Western Central Pacific
Tritonoharpa antiquata		Central Pacific
Tritonoharpa bayeri		Western Atlantic.	1.7 DL
Tritonoharpa beui		Indo-West Pacific
Tritonoharpa cubapatriae		Western Atlantic.	4.5 DL
Tritonoharpa lanceolata	Arrow dwarf triton	Western Atlantic.	3.8 DL
Tritonoharpa leali		Western Atlantic.	1.84 DL
Tritonoharpa pseudangasi		Indo-Pacific.
Zeadmete watsoni		Antarctic Indian Ocean

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