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Total number of spines in dorsal and anal fins (optional)
48 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)
Scientific Name
English Name
Distribution
Max. Length (cm)
Cavolinia flava
Mediterranean Sea.
1.07 DL
Cavolinia gibbosa
Gibbose cavoline
Atlantic Ocean, Indo-Paci
Cavolinia globosa
Western Central Atlantic
Cavolinia globulosa
Pacific Ocean.
Cavolinia inflexa
Inflexed cavoline
Pacific Ocean, Western At
0.7 DL
Cavolinia labiata
Western Atlantic and East
0.7 DL
Cavolinia tridentata
Three-tooth cavoline
Pacific Ocean, Western At
Cavolinia uncinata
Uncinate cavoline
Pacific Ocean, Western At
1.1 DL
Clio andreae
Southwest Atlantic
2 TL
Clio antarctica
Southwest Atlantic
Clio chaptalii
Western Atlantic.
1.9 DL
Clio convexa
Indo-Pacific.
0.8 DL
Clio cuspidata
Cuspidate Clio
Western Atlantic, Western
3 DL
Clio piatkowskii
Western Atlantic.
1.6 DL
Clio polita
Two-keel Clio
Atlantic Ocean.
Clio pyramidata
Pyramid Clio
Cosmopolitan.
2 DL
Clio recurva
Wavy Clio
Western Atlantic and Paci
3 DL
Clio sulcata
Antarctic, Atlantic Ocean
2.2 DL
Creseis acicula
Straight needle-pteropod
Indo-Pacific, Western Atl
3.3 DL
Creseis chierchiae
Western Central Atlantic
0.25 TL
Creseis clava
Northwest Pacific
Creseis conica
Atlantic Ocean and Indo-W
0.43 DL
Creseis virgula
Curved needle-pteropod
Cosmopolitan. Tropical t
0.7 DL
Cuvierina cancapae
Atlantic Ocean.
0.93 DL
Cuvierina columnella
Cigar pteropod
Indo-Pacific, Western Pac
Cuvierina spoeli
Mediterranean Sea.
Cuvierina urceolaris
Western Central Pacific
Diacavolinia bicornis
Western Atlantic and Indi
0.784 DL
Diacavolinia constricta
Western Atlantic.
0.56 DL
Diacavolinia deblainvillei
Western Atlantic
Diacavolinia deshayesi
Western Atlantic
Diacavolinia elegans
Western Atlantic and West
Diacavolinia flexipes
Indian Ocean.
0.8 DL
Diacavolinia limbata
Western Atlantic and the
Diacavolinia longirostris
Shelled pteropod
Indo-Pacific and Atlantic
0.73 DL
Diacavolinia ovalis
Western Atlantic.
Diacavolinia strangulata
Western Atlantic.
0.416 DL
Diacria atlantica
Atlantic Ocean and the Me
1.05 DL
Diacria danae
Western Atlantic and East
Diacria maculata
Western Atlantic and Paci
Diacria major
Western Atlantic.
1.3 DL
Diacria quadridentata
Pacific Ocean and the Med
Diacria rampali
Atlantic Ocean.
0.99 DL
Diacria trispinosa
Three-spine cavoline
Indo-Pacific, Western Atl
Euclio balatium
Northwest Pacific
Hyalocylis obtusa
Mediterranean Sea.
Hyalocylis striata
Striate clio
Western Atlantic, Western
0.8 DL
Styliola subula
Keeled clio
Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc
1.3 DL