Fish Identification

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Fish Identification

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Non-fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Phenacolepadidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Divia briandi []	No picture found Phenacolepas aculeata []	No picture found Phenacolepas compressa []
No picture found Phenacolepas granocostata []	No picture found Phenacolepas scobinata []	No picture found Plesiothyreus cinnamomeus []
No picture found Plesiothyreus cytherae []	No picture found Plesiothyreus elongatus []	No picture found Plesiothyreus hamillei [Hamille's limpet]
No picture found Plesiothyreus newtoni []	No picture found Plesiothyreus osculans []	No picture found Plesiothyreus pararabicus []
No picture found Plesiothyreus rushii []	No picture found Shinkailepas kaikatensis []	No picture found Shinkailepas mojinensis []
No picture found Shinkailepas myojinensis []	No picture found Shinkailepas tollmanni []	No picture found Shinkailepas tufari []
No picture found Zacalantica senta []	No picture found Zacalantica tenuiscultpa []

20 Species of Family Phenacolepadidae
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Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Divia briandi		Atlantic Ocean.	1 DL
Phenacolepas aculeata		Eastern Central Pacific
Phenacolepas compressa		Eastern Central Pacific
Phenacolepas granocostata		Eastern Central Pacific
Phenacolepas scobinata		Central Pacific.
Plesiothyreus cinnamomeus		Eastern Central Pacific
Plesiothyreus cytherae		Central Pacific
Plesiothyreus elongatus		Western Indian Ocean
Plesiothyreus hamillei	Hamille's limpet	Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL
Plesiothyreus newtoni		Eastern Central Pacific
Plesiothyreus osculans		Western Indian Ocean
Plesiothyreus pararabicus		Western Indian Ocean.
Plesiothyreus rushii		Western Atlantic.	1 DL
Shinkailepas kaikatensis		Northwest Pacific
Shinkailepas mojinensis		Northwest Pacific.
Shinkailepas myojinensis		Northwest Pacific
Shinkailepas tollmanni		Western Central Pacific.
Shinkailepas tufari		Western Central Pacific.
Zacalantica senta		Eastern Central Pacific
Zacalantica tenuiscultpa		Southwest Pacific and Eas

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.

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