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Family: Bodotriidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Alticuma carinatum []	No picture found Apocuma brasiliense []	No picture found Atlantocuma benguelae []
No picture found Atlantocuma bidentatum []	No picture found Atlantocuma elongatum []	No picture found Atlantocuma tenue []
No picture found Bathycuma breviostre []	No picture found Bathycuma brevirostre []	No picture found Bathycuma capense []
No picture found Bathycuma datum []	No picture found Bathycuma declinatum []	No picture found Bathycuma elongatum []
No picture found Bathycuma granulatum []	No picture found Bathycuma longicaudatum []	No picture found Bathycuma longirostre []
No picture found Bathycuma magnum []	No picture found Bathycuma natalense []	No picture found Bathycuma okinawaense []
No picture found Bathycuma rotunditectorum []	No picture found Bodotria angusta []	No picture found Bodotria arenosa []
No picture found Bodotria armoricana []	No picture found Bodotria australis []	No picture found Bodotria biplicata []
No picture found Bodotria carinata []	No picture found Bodotria choprai []	No picture found Bodotria clara []
No picture found Bodotria cribraria []	No picture found Bodotria depressa []	No picture found Bodotria dispar []
No picture found Bodotria elevata []	No picture found Bodotria falsinus []	No picture found Bodotria gibba []
No picture found Bodotria intermedia []	No picture found Bodotria iroensis []	No picture found Bodotria laevigata []
No picture found Bodotria lata []	No picture found Bodotria maculosa []	No picture found Bodotria magna []
No picture found Bodotria minuta []	No picture found Bodotria nitida []	No picture found Bodotria nuda []
No picture found Bodotria ovalis []	No picture found Bodotria parva []	No picture found Bodotria parvui []
No picture found Bodotria prionura []	No picture found Bodotria pulchella []	No picture found Bodotria pulex []
No picture found Bodotria scorpioides []	No picture found Bodotria serica []	No picture found Bodotria serrata []
No picture found Bodotria serrulata []	No picture found Bodotria setoensis []	No picture found Bodotria similis []
No picture found Bodotria spinifera []	No picture found Bodotria sublevis []	No picture found Bodotria tenuis []
No picture found Cumopsis fagei []	No picture found Cumopsis goodsir []	No picture found Cumopsis jonesi []
No picture found Cumopsis longipes []	No picture found Cumopsis wafri []	No picture found Cyclaspis adiastolos []
No picture found Cyclaspis affinis []	No picture found Cyclaspis alba []	No picture found Cyclaspis antipai []
No picture found Cyclaspis argus []	No picture found Cyclaspis aspera []	No picture found Cyclaspis australis []
No picture found Cyclaspis australora []	No picture found Cyclaspis bacescui []	No picture found Cyclaspis bicornis []
No picture found Cyclaspis bidens []	No picture found Cyclaspis brevipes []	No picture found Cyclaspis cana []
No picture found Cyclaspis candida []	No picture found Cyclaspis caprella []	No picture found Cyclaspis cheveyi []
No picture found Cyclaspis cingulata []	No picture found Cyclaspis coelebs []	No picture found Cyclaspis concinna []
No picture found Cyclaspis costata []	No picture found Cyclaspis cretata []	No picture found Cyclaspis cristulata []
No picture found Cyclaspis dentifrons []	No picture found Cyclaspis elegans []	No picture found Cyclaspis formosae []
No picture found Cyclaspis fulgida []	No picture found Cyclaspis gezamuelleri []	Cyclaspis gigas []
No picture found Cyclaspis gracialis []	No picture found Cyclaspis herdmani []	No picture found Cyclaspis hornelli []
No picture found Cyclaspis jonesi []	No picture found Cyclaspis juxta []	No picture found Cyclaspis kerguelenensis []
No picture found Cyclaspis levis []	No picture found Cyclaspis linguiloba []	No picture found Cyclaspis longicaudata []
No picture found Cyclaspis longipes []	No picture found Cyclaspis lucida []	No picture found Cyclaspis micans []
No picture found Cyclaspis mjoebergi []	No picture found Cyclaspis mollis []	No picture found Cyclaspis nitida []
No picture found Cyclaspis oxyura []	No picture found Cyclaspis perelegans []	No picture found Cyclaspis persculpta []
No picture found Cyclaspis peruana []	No picture found Cyclaspis picta []	No picture found Cyclaspis pinguis []
No picture found Cyclaspis platymerus []	No picture found Cyclaspis popescugorji []	No picture found Cyclaspis pruinosa []
No picture found Cyclaspis purpurascens []	No picture found Cyclaspis pustulata []	No picture found Cyclaspis quadrituberculata []
No picture found Cyclaspis quadruplicata []	No picture found Cyclaspis reticulata []	No picture found Cyclaspis roccatagliatae []
No picture found Cyclaspis rudis []	No picture found Cyclaspis sabulosa []	No picture found Cyclaspis scissa []
No picture found Cyclaspis sibogae []	No picture found Cyclaspis similis []	No picture found Cyclaspis simonae []
No picture found Cyclaspis spectabilis []	No picture found Cyclaspis spilotes []	No picture found Cyclaspis striata []
No picture found Cyclaspis strigilis []	No picture found Cyclaspis strumosa []	No picture found Cyclaspis sublevis []
No picture found Cyclaspis testudinum []	No picture found Cyclaspis thomsoni []	No picture found Cyclaspis tribulis []
No picture found Cyclaspis triplicata []	No picture found Cyclaspis unicornis []	No picture found Cyclaspis uniplicata []
No picture found Cyclaspis usitata []	No picture found Cyclaspis variabilis []	No picture found Cyclaspis varians []
No picture found Cyclaspoides bacescui []	No picture found Eocuma affine []	No picture found Eocuma agrion []
No picture found Eocuma amakusense []	No picture found Eocuma cadenati []	No picture found Eocuma calmani []
No picture found Eocuma carinocurvum []	No picture found Eocuma cochlear []	No picture found Eocuma dimorphum []
No picture found Eocuma dollfusi []	No picture found Eocuma ferox []	No picture found Eocuma gorgasiae []
No picture found Eocuma hilgendorfi []	No picture found Eocuma kempi []	No picture found Eocuma lanatum []
No picture found Eocuma latum []	No picture found Eocuma longicorne []	No picture found Eocuma muradianae []
No picture found Eocuma rosae []	No picture found Eocuma sarsii []	No picture found Eocuma spiniferum []
No picture found Eocuma stelliferum []	No picture found Eocuma striatum []	No picture found Eocuma taprobanicum []
No picture found Eocuma travancoricum []	No picture found Eocuma winri []	No picture found Gaussicuma dufresnae []
No picture found Gaussicuma kermadecense []	No picture found Gaussicuma vanhoeffeni []	No picture found Gephyrocuma pala []
No picture found Gephyrocuma repandum []	No picture found Gephyrocuma simile []	No picture found Gigacuma halei []
No picture found Glyphocuma bakeri []	No picture found Glyphocuma dentatum []	No picture found Glyphocuma halei []
No picture found Glyphocuma inaequale []	No picture found Glyphocuma serventyi []	No picture found Heterocuma andamani []
No picture found Heterocuma armatum []	No picture found Heterocuma inerme []	No picture found Heterocuma sarsi []
No picture found Hypocuma dentatum []	No picture found Hypocuma serratifrons []	No picture found Iphinoe acutirostris []
No picture found Iphinoe adriatica []	No picture found Iphinoe africana []	No picture found Iphinoe armata []
No picture found Iphinoe brevipes []	No picture found Iphinoe calmani []	No picture found Iphinoe capensis []
No picture found Iphinoe coronata []	No picture found Iphinoe crassipes []	No picture found Iphinoe dayi []
No picture found Iphinoe douniae []	No picture found Iphinoe elisae []	No picture found Iphinoe gurjanovae []
No picture found Iphinoe hupferi []	No picture found Iphinoe inermis []	No picture found Iphinoe ischnura []
No picture found Iphinoe maculata []	No picture found Iphinoe maeotica []	No picture found Iphinoe pellucida []
No picture found Iphinoe pigmenta []	No picture found Iphinoe plicata []	No picture found Iphinoe pokoui []
No picture found Iphinoe producta []	No picture found Iphinoe rhodaniensis []	No picture found Iphinoe robusta []
No picture found Iphinoe sagamiensis []	No picture found Iphinoe sanguinea []	No picture found Iphinoe senegalensis []
No picture found Iphinoe serrata []	No picture found Iphinoe stebbingi []	No picture found Iphinoe tenella []
No picture found Iphinoe tenera []	No picture found Iphinoe trispinosa []	No picture found Iphinoe truncata []
No picture found Iphinoe zimmeri []	No picture found Leptocuma forsmani []	No picture found Leptocuma intermedium []
No picture found Leptocuma kinbergii []	No picture found Leptocuma nichollsi []	No picture found Leptocuma obstipum []
No picture found Leptocuma patagonicum []	No picture found Leptocuma pulleini []	No picture found Leptocuma serriferum []
No picture found Leptocuma sheardi []	No picture found Leptocuma vicarium []	No picture found Mancocuma altera []
No picture found Mancocuma stellifera []	No picture found Mossambicuma elongatum []	No picture found Picrocuma poecilotum []
No picture found Pomacuma australiae []	No picture found Pomacuma cognatum []	No picture found Pseudoleptocuma minus []
No picture found Pseudosympodomma africanum []	No picture found Pseudosympodomma hoinicae []	No picture found Pseudosympodomma indicum []
No picture found Pseudosympodomma persicum []	No picture found Speleocuma guanche []	No picture found Spilocuma salomani []
No picture found Spilocuma watlingi []	No picture found Sympodomma australiensis []	No picture found Sympodomma diomedeae []
No picture found Sympodomma hatagumoanum []	No picture found Sympodomma incertum []	No picture found Sympodomma weberi []
No picture found Sympodomma whitleyi []	No picture found Upselaspis caparti []	No picture found Vaunthompsonia cristata []
No picture found Vaunthompsonia dawydoffi []	No picture found Vaunthompsonia floridana []	No picture found Vaunthompsonia inermis []
No picture found Vaunthompsonia laevifrons []	No picture found Vaunthompsonia media []	No picture found Vaunthompsonia meridionalis []
No picture found Vaunthompsonia minor []	No picture found Vaunthompsonia nana []	No picture found Vaunthompsonia natalensis []
No picture found Vaunthompsonia pacifica []	No picture found Vaunthompsonia serratifrons []	No picture found Zenocuma rugosum []
No picture found Zygosiphon mortenseni []

265 Species of Family Bodotriidae
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Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Alticuma carinatum	Western Indian Ocean
Apocuma brasiliense	Southwest Atlantic
Atlantocuma benguelae	Sub-Antarctic
Atlantocuma bidentatum	Eastern Central Pacific.
Atlantocuma elongatum	Antarctic.
Atlantocuma tenue	Sub-Antarctic
Bathycuma breviostre	Northeast Atlantic.
Bathycuma brevirostre	Mediterranean Sea.
Bathycuma capense	Southeast Atlantic and In
Bathycuma datum	Southeast Atlantic
Bathycuma declinatum	Northwest Pacific
Bathycuma elongatum	Eastern Central Atlantic
Bathycuma granulatum	Northwest Pacific
Bathycuma longicaudatum	Pacific Ocean and the Med
Bathycuma longirostre	Western Central Pacific
Bathycuma magnum	Indian Ocean
Bathycuma natalense	Southeast Atlantic
Bathycuma okinawaense	Western Central Pacific
Bathycuma rotunditectorum	Western Pacific
Bodotria angusta	Western Pacific
Bodotria arenosa	Northeast Atlantic and th
Bodotria armoricana	Northeast Atlantic
Bodotria australis	Southeast Atlantic
Bodotria biplicata	Northwest Pacific
Bodotria carinata	Northwest Pacific
Bodotria choprai	India.
Bodotria clara	Southeast Atlantic and In
Bodotria cribraria	Eastern Central Atlantic
Bodotria depressa	Western Pacific
Bodotria dispar	Western Pacific
Bodotria elevata	Southeast Atlantic
Bodotria falsinus	Southeast Atlantic and In
Bodotria gibba	Mediterranean Sea.
Bodotria intermedia	Endemic to the Mediterran
Bodotria iroensis	Western Pacific
Bodotria laevigata	Eastern Central Atlantic
Bodotria lata	Eastern Central Atlantic
Bodotria maculosa	Eastern Indian Ocean
Bodotria magna	Southeast Atlantic
Bodotria minuta	India.
Bodotria nitida	Southeast Atlantic
Bodotria nuda	Western Pacific
Bodotria ovalis	Northwest Pacific
Bodotria parva	Northwest Pacific
Bodotria parvui	Mediterranean Sea.
Bodotria prionura	Western Central Pacific
Bodotria pulchella	Mediterranean
Bodotria pulex	Northwest Pacific
Bodotria scorpioides	Northeast Atlantic and th
Bodotria serica	Southeast Atlantic and In
Bodotria serrata	Western Pacific
Bodotria serrulata	Northwest Pacific
Bodotria setoensis	Northwest Pacific
Bodotria similis	Western Pacific
Bodotria spinifera	Western Pacific
Bodotria sublevis	Indian Ocean
Bodotria tenuis	Southeast Atlantic and In
Cumopsis fagei	Eastern Atlantic
Cumopsis goodsir	Mediterranean Sea
Cumopsis jonesi	Eastern Central Atlantic
Cumopsis longipes	Mediterranean
Cumopsis wafri	Eastern Central Atlantic
Cyclaspis adiastolos	Western Indian Ocean
Cyclaspis affinis	Southwest Atlantic
Cyclaspis alba	Sub-Antarctic.
Cyclaspis antipai	Southwest Atlantic
Cyclaspis argus	Pacific Ocean.
Cyclaspis aspera	Southwest Pacific
Cyclaspis australis	Eastern Indian Ocean
Cyclaspis australora	Southeast Atlantic
Cyclaspis bacescui	North Atlantic Ocean.
Cyclaspis bicornis	Western Central Pacific
Cyclaspis bidens	Western Central Pacific
Cyclaspis brevipes	Indian Ocean.
Cyclaspis cana	Southwest Pacific
Cyclaspis candida	Eastern Indian Ocean
Cyclaspis caprella	Indian Ocean.
Cyclaspis cheveyi	Western Central Pacific
Cyclaspis cingulata	Indian Ocean
Cyclaspis coelebs	Southwest Pacific
Cyclaspis concinna	Southwest Pacific
Cyclaspis costata	Eastern Indian Ocean
Cyclaspis cretata	Western Central Pacific
Cyclaspis cristulata	Antarctic.
Cyclaspis dentifrons	North Atlantic Ocean.
Cyclaspis elegans	Southwest Pacific
Cyclaspis formosae	Northwest Pacific
Cyclaspis fulgida	Eastern Indian Ocean
Cyclaspis gezamuelleri	Western Indian Ocean
Cyclaspis gigas	Antarctic.
Cyclaspis gracialis	Antarctica.
Cyclaspis herdmani	Eastern Indian Ocean
Cyclaspis hornelli	Indian Ocean.
Cyclaspis jonesi	Southwest Atlantic and So
Cyclaspis juxta	Eastern Indian Ocean
Cyclaspis kerguelenensis	Northeast Atlantic and An
Cyclaspis levis	Southwest Pacific
Cyclaspis linguiloba	Northwest Pacific
Cyclaspis longicaudata	Northeast Atlantic and th
Cyclaspis longipes	Western Central Atlantic.
Cyclaspis lucida	Southwest Pacific
Cyclaspis micans	Southwest Atlantic
Cyclaspis mjoebergi	Eastern Indian Ocean
Cyclaspis mollis	Western Central Pacific
Cyclaspis nitida	Southwest Pacific
Cyclaspis oxyura	North Atlantic Ocean.
Cyclaspis perelegans	Southwest Atlantic
Cyclaspis persculpta	Indonesia.
Cyclaspis peruana	Southeast Pacific
Cyclaspis picta	Indian Ocean.
Cyclaspis pinguis	Eastern Indian Ocean
Cyclaspis platymerus	North Atlantic Ocean.
Cyclaspis popescugorji	Western Indian Ocean
Cyclaspis pruinosa	Western Central Pacific
Cyclaspis purpurascens	Western Central Pacific
Cyclaspis pustulata	Western Central Atlantic
Cyclaspis quadrituberculata	Antarctic.
Cyclaspis quadruplicata	India.
Cyclaspis reticulata	Southwest Atlantic
Cyclaspis roccatagliatae	North Atlantic Ocean.
Cyclaspis rudis	Indian Ocean.
Cyclaspis sabulosa	Southwest Pacific
Cyclaspis scissa	Southeast Atlantic
Cyclaspis sibogae	Indonesia.
Cyclaspis similis	Western Central Pacific
Cyclaspis simonae	Western Central Atlantic
Cyclaspis spectabilis	Southeast Atlantic
Cyclaspis spilotes	Eastern Indian Ocean
Cyclaspis striata	Southwest Atlantic
Cyclaspis strigilis	Indo-West Pacific
Cyclaspis strumosa	Western Pacific
Cyclaspis sublevis	Eastern Indian Ocean
Cyclaspis testudinum	Pacific Ocean.
Cyclaspis thomsoni	Southwest Pacific
Cyclaspis tribulis	Eastern Indian Ocean
Cyclaspis triplicata	Southwest Pacific
Cyclaspis unicornis	Western Central Atlantic
Cyclaspis uniplicata	Eastern Indian Ocean
Cyclaspis usitata	Eastern Indian Ocean
Cyclaspis variabilis	Southwest Atlantic
Cyclaspis varians	Western Atlantic
Cyclaspoides bacescui	Southeast Pacific
Eocuma affine	Indian Ocean
Eocuma agrion	Eastern Indian Ocean
Eocuma amakusense	Northwest Pacific
Eocuma cadenati	East Central Atlantic
Eocuma calmani	Eastern Central Atlantic
Eocuma carinocurvum	Western Indian Ocean
Eocuma cochlear	Eastern Central Atlantic
Eocuma dimorphum	East Central Atlantic
Eocuma dollfusi	Northeast Atlantic
Eocuma ferox	Western Central Pacific a
Eocuma gorgasiae	Indian Ocean.
Eocuma hilgendorfi	Pacific Ocean.
Eocuma kempi	India.
Eocuma lanatum	Eastern Central Atlantic
Eocuma latum	Indo-West Pacific.
Eocuma longicorne	Indo-West Pacific
Eocuma muradianae	Indian Ocean.
Eocuma rosae	Western Indian Ocean and
Eocuma sarsii	Southeast Atlantic and th
Eocuma spiniferum	North Pacific Ocean.
Eocuma stelliferum	Indian Ocean
Eocuma striatum	India.
Eocuma taprobanicum	Eastern Indian Ocean
Eocuma travancoricum	Western Indian Ocean
Eocuma winri	Southeast Atlantic
Gaussicuma dufresnae	Southwest Atlantic
Gaussicuma kermadecense	South Pacific Ocean.
Gaussicuma vanhoeffeni	Antarctica.
Gephyrocuma pala	Southwest Pacific
Gephyrocuma repandum	Eastern Indian Ocean
Gephyrocuma simile	Indian Ocean.
Gigacuma halei	India.
Glyphocuma bakeri	Eastern Indian Ocean
Glyphocuma dentatum	Southwest Pacific
Glyphocuma halei	Western Central Pacific
Glyphocuma inaequale	Southwest Pacific
Glyphocuma serventyi	Eastern Indian Ocean
Heterocuma andamani	Southern Ocean
Heterocuma armatum	India.
Heterocuma inerme	Western Indian Ocean
Heterocuma sarsi	India.
Hypocuma dentatum	Southwest Atlantic
Hypocuma serratifrons	Eastern Central Atlantic
Iphinoe acutirostris	Endemic to the Mediterran
Iphinoe adriatica	Endemic to the Mediterran
Iphinoe africana	Southeast Atlantic
Iphinoe armata	Endemic to the Mediterran
Iphinoe brevipes	Eastern Central Atlantic
Iphinoe calmani	Indo-West Pacific.
Iphinoe capensis	Southeast Atlantic
Iphinoe coronata	Arctic
Iphinoe crassipes	Southeast Atlantic and th
Iphinoe dayi	Southeast Atlantic
Iphinoe douniae	Endemic to the Mediterran
Iphinoe elisae	Mediterranean Sea.
Iphinoe gurjanovae	Northwest Pacific
Iphinoe hupferi	Eastern Central Atlantic
Iphinoe inermis	Northeast Atlantic and th
Iphinoe ischnura	Western Central Pacific
Iphinoe maculata	Endemic to the Mediterran
Iphinoe maeotica	Western Indian Ocean, Med
Iphinoe pellucida	Southwest Pacific
Iphinoe pigmenta	India.
Iphinoe plicata	Eastern Central Atlantic
Iphinoe pokoui	Eastern Central Atlantic
Iphinoe producta	Eastern Central Atlantic
Iphinoe rhodaniensis	Endemic to the Mediterran
Iphinoe robusta	Eastern Central Atlantic
Iphinoe sagamiensis	North Pacific Ocean.
Iphinoe sanguinea	Indian Ocean.
Iphinoe senegalensis	Eastern Central Atlantic
Iphinoe serrata	Mediterranean
Iphinoe stebbingi	Southern Ocean
Iphinoe tenella	Northeast Atlantic and th
Iphinoe tenera	Northwest Pacific
Iphinoe trispinosa	Northeast Atlantic
Iphinoe truncata	Southeast Atlantic
Iphinoe zimmeri	Southern Ocean
Leptocuma forsmani	Eastern Central Pacific
Leptocuma intermedium	Southwest Pacific
Leptocuma kinbergii	South Atlantic Ocean.
Leptocuma nichollsi	Indian Ocean.
Leptocuma obstipum	Southwest Pacific
Leptocuma patagonicum	Sub-Antarctic
Leptocuma pulleini	Eastern Indian Ocean
Leptocuma serriferum	Southwest Pacific
Leptocuma sheardi	Eastern Indian Ocean
Leptocuma vicarium	Southwest Pacific
Mancocuma altera	Western Atlantic
Mancocuma stellifera	Western Atlantic
Mossambicuma elongatum	Western Indian Ocean
Picrocuma poecilotum	Eastern Indian Ocean
Pomacuma australiae	Western Central Pacific
Pomacuma cognatum	Southwest Pacific
Pseudoleptocuma minus	Northwest Atlantic
Pseudosympodomma africanum	Southern Ocean
Pseudosympodomma hoinicae	West Indian Ocean.
Pseudosympodomma indicum	India.
Pseudosympodomma persicum	Western Indian Ocean
Speleocuma guanche	Eastern Central Atlantic	0.29 TL
Spilocuma salomani	Western Central Atlantic
Spilocuma watlingi	Western Central Atlantic
Sympodomma australiensis	Western Central Pacific
Sympodomma diomedeae	Western Pacific
Sympodomma hatagumoanum	Northwest Pacific
Sympodomma incertum	Eastern Indian Ocean
Sympodomma weberi	Western Central Pacific
Sympodomma whitleyi	Eastern Indian Ocean
Upselaspis caparti	Southeast Atlantic
Vaunthompsonia cristata	Western Central Pacific a
Vaunthompsonia dawydoffi	Western Central Pacific
Vaunthompsonia floridana	Western Central Atlantic
Vaunthompsonia inermis	Antarctic.
Vaunthompsonia laevifrons	Antarctica.
Vaunthompsonia media	Western Central Pacific
Vaunthompsonia meridionalis	Antarctic.
Vaunthompsonia minor	Western Central Atlantic
Vaunthompsonia nana	Eastern Indian Ocean
Vaunthompsonia natalensis	Southeast Atlantic
Vaunthompsonia pacifica	Russia.
Vaunthompsonia serratifrons	Northwest Pacific
Zenocuma rugosum	Eastern Indian Ocean
Zygosiphon mortenseni	Western Indian Ocean

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