Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Aegathoa oculata			1818
Agarna cumulus	Western Central Atlantic		1880
Agarna malayi	Western Central Atlantic		1952
Agarna pustulosa	Western Central Atlantic		1954
Amblycephalon indicus	Western Central Atlantic		1954
Amblycephalon schadleri	Western Central Atlantic		1915
Anilocra abudefdufi	Western Central Atlantic		1981
Anilocra acanthuri	Western Central Atlantic		1981
Anilocra acuminata	Western Central Atlantic		1880
Anilocra acuta	Western Central Atlantic		1910
Anilocra alloceraea	Western Central Atlantic		1879
Anilocra amboinensis	Western Central Atlantic		1881
Anilocra angeladaviesae	Western Central Atlantic		2019
Anilocra ankistra	Western Central Atlantic		1987
Anilocra apogonae	Western Central Atlantic		1987
Anilocra atlantica	Western Central Atlantic		1881
Anilocra australis	Western Central Pacific.		1881
Anilocra bunkleywilliamsae	Western Central Pacific.		2019
Anilocra capensis	Southeast Atlantic.		1818
Anilocra cavicauda	Southeast Atlantic.		1910
Anilocra chaetodontis	Southeast Atlantic.		1981
Anilocra chromis	Southeast Atlantic.		1981
Anilocra clupei	Southeast Atlantic.		1986
Anilocra coxalis	Southeast Atlantic.		1881
Anilocra dimidiata	Western Pacific		1857
Anilocra elviae	Western Central Atlantic		2002
Anilocra frontalis	Atlantic and the Mediterr		1840
Anilocra gigantea	Western Central Pacific		1870
Anilocra grandmaae	Western Central Pacific		2021
Anilocra guinensis	Western Central Pacific		1887
Anilocra hadfieldae	Western Central Pacific		2019
Anilocra haemuli	Western Atlantic.		1981
Anilocra hedenborgi	Western Atlantic.		1887
Anilocra holacanthi	Western Atlantic.		1981
Anilocra holocentri	Western Atlantic.		1981
Anilocra huacho	Western Atlantic.		1984
Anilocra ianhudsoni	Western Atlantic.		2019
Anilocra jovanasi	Western Atlantic.		2019
Anilocra koolanae	Eastern Indian Ocean		1987
Anilocra laevis	Eastern Indian Ocean		1877
Anilocra laticauda	Western Central Atlantic.
Anilocra leptosoma	Western Central Atlantic.		1857
Anilocra longicauda	Western Central Pacific.		1881
Anilocra marginata	Western Central Pacific.		1857
Anilocra meridionalis	Western Central Pacific.		1914
Anilocra monoma	Western Indian Ocean		1983
Anilocra montti	Southeast Pacific		2001
Anilocra morsicata	Southeast Pacific		1987
Anilocra myripristis	Southeast Pacific		1981
Anilocra occidentalis	Southeast Pacific		1899
Anilocra partiti	Southeast Pacific		1981
Anilocra paulsikkeli	Southeast Pacific		2019
Anilocra physodes	Northeast Atlantic and th		1758
Anilocra pilchardi	Mediterranean Sea		2006
Anilocra plebeia	Mediterranean Sea		1881
Anilocra pomacentri	Eastern Indian Ocean		1987
Anilocra prionuri	Eastern Indian Ocean		1986
Anilocra recta	Eastern Indian Ocean		1915
Anilocra rhodotaenia	Eastern Indian Ocean		1857
Anilocra soelae	Eastern Indian Ocean		1987
Anilocra tropica	Eastern Indian Ocean		1977
Anphira branchialis	Southwest Atlantic		1993
Anphira guianensis	Western Central Atlantic		2002
Anphira junki	Southwest Atlantic		2003
Anphira xinguensis	Southwest Atlantic		1995
Artystone minima	Southwest Atlantic		1988
Artystone trysibia	Southwest Atlantic		1866
Asotana formosa	Southwest Atlantic		1881
Asotana magnifica	Southwest Atlantic		1988
Asotana splendida	Southwest Atlantic		1937
Bambalocra intwala	Southwest Atlantic		2019
Braga bachmanni	Southwest Atlantic		1972
Braga brasiliensis	Southwest Atlantic		1881
Braga cichlae	Southwest Atlantic		1881
Braga fluviatilis	Southwest Atlantic		1911
Braga nasuta	Southwest Atlantic		1881
Braga patagonica	Southwest Atlantic		1884
Catoessa ambassae	Southwest Atlantic		1990
Catoessa boscii	Southwest Atlantic		1857
Catoessa gruneri	Western Indian Ocean		1983
Catoessa scabricauda	Western Indian Ocean		1884
Ceratothoa angulata	Western Central Pacific		1910
Ceratothoa argus	Western Central Pacific		1881
Ceratothoa atherinae	Western Central Pacific		1891
Ceratothoa banksii	Western Central Pacific		1818
Ceratothoa capri	Western Central Pacific		1964
Ceratothoa carinata	Western Central Pacific		1869
Ceratothoa collaris	Mediterranean Sea		1883
Ceratothoa contracta	Mediterranean Sea		1880
Ceratothoa curvicauda	Northwest Atlantic.		2006
Ceratothoa deplanata	Northwest Atlantic.		1885
Ceratothoa gaudichaudii	Northwest Atlantic.		1840
Ceratothoa gilberti	Northwest Atlantic.		1904
Ceratothoa gobii	Northwest Atlantic.		1883
Ceratothoa guttata	Indo-West Pacific	7.4 TL	1910
Ceratothoa huttoni	Indo-West Pacific		1885
Ceratothoa imbricata	Southwest Pacific.		1775
Ceratothoa italica	Eastern Central Atlantic		1883
Ceratothoa laticauda	Eastern Central Atlantic		1840
Ceratothoa novaezelandiae	Eastern Central Atlantic		1885
Ceratothoa oestroides	Eastern Central Atlantic		1816
Ceratothoa oxyrrhynchaena	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic an		1879
Ceratothoa parallela	Northeast Atlantic and th		1828
Ceratothoa parva	Northeast Atlantic and th		1910
Ceratothoa potassoniensis	Northeast Atlantic and th		1939
Ceratothoa retusa	Indo-West Pacific	3.4 TL	1883
Ceratothoa springbok	Indo-West Pacific		2020
Ceratothoa steindachneri	Indo-West Pacific		1879
Ceratothoa transversa	Western Central Atlantic		1900
Ceratothoa trigonocephala	Western Central Atlantic		1818
Ceratothoa trilles	Western Central Atlantic		1979
Ceratothoa usacarangis	Western Central Atlantic		1979
Ceratothoa verrucosa	Western Central Atlantic		1883
Cinusa nippon	Western Central Atlantic		2021
Cinusa tetrodontis	Western Central Atlantic		1884
Colombia physodes	Northeast Atlantic and th		1758
Creniola breviceps	Northeast Atlantic and th		1881
Creniola laticauda	Northeast Atlantic and th		1881
Creniola saurida	Northeast Atlantic and th		1977
Cterissa australiensis	Northeast Atlantic and th		1975
Cterissa sakaii	Northeast Atlantic and th		1986
Cymothoa asymmetrica	Northeast Atlantic and th		1954
Cymothoa borbonica	Northeast Atlantic and th		1884
Cymothoa brasiliensis	Northeast Atlantic and th		1884
Cymothoa bychowskyi	Northeast Atlantic and th		1979
Cymothoa caraibica	Northeast Atlantic and th		1885
Cymothoa carangii	Northeast Atlantic and th		1979
Cymothoa carryensis	Northeast Atlantic and th		1892
Cymothoa catarinensis	Brazil.		2003
Cymothoa cinerea	Brazil.		1959
Cymothoa curta	Brazil.		1884
Cymothoa dufresni	Brazil.		1818
Cymothoa elegans	Brazil.		1885
Cymothoa epimerica	Brazil.		1979
Cymothoa eremita	Brazil.		1783
Cymothoa excisa	Western Central Atlantic.		1833
Cymothoa exigua	Western Central Atlantic.		1884
Cymothoa eximia	Western Central Atlantic.		1884
Cymothoa frontalis	Western Central Atlantic.		1840
Cymothoa gadorum	Western Central Atlantic.		1875
Cymothoa gerris	Western Central Atlantic.		1884
Cymothoa gibbosa	Western Central Atlantic.		1892
Cymothoa globosa	Western Central Atlantic.		1884
Cymothoa guadeloupensis	Western Central Atlantic.		1793
Cymothoa hermani	Eastern Indian Ocean		2011
Cymothoa ianuarii	Eastern Indian Ocean		1884
Cymothoa ichtiola	Eastern Indian Ocean		1764
Cymothoa indica	Eastern Indian Ocean.		1884
Cymothoa irregularis	Eastern Indian Ocean.		1857
Cymothoa laticauda	Eastern Indian Ocean.		1840
Cymothoa liannae	Eastern Indian Ocean.		1988
Cymothoa limbata	Eastern Indian Ocean.		1884
Cymothoa marginata	Eastern Indian Ocean.		1857
Cymothoa nigropunctata	Eastern Indian Ocean.		1816
Cymothoa oculata	Eastern Indian Ocean.		1818
Cymothoa oestrum	Western Central Atlantic.		1758
Cymothoa ovalis	Western Central Atlantic.		1818
Cymothoa paradoxa	Western Central Atlantic.		1880
Cymothoa parupenei	Western Central Atlantic.		1979
Cymothoa plebeia	Western Central Atlantic.		1884
Cymothoa propria	Western Central Atlantic.		1979
Cymothoa pulchrum	Western Central Atlantic.		1902
Cymothoa recifea	Brazil.		2005
Cymothoa recta	Brazil.		1853
Cymothoa rhina	Brazil.		1884
Cymothoa rotunda	Brazil.		1979
Cymothoa rotundifrons	Brazil.		1880
Cymothoa scopulorum	Brazil.		1758
Cymothoa selari	Brazil.		1978
Cymothoa slusarskii	Brazil.		1986
Cymothoa spinipalpa	Southwest Atlantic.		2007
Cymothoa truncata	Southwest Atlantic.		1884
Cymothoa vicina	Southwest Atlantic.		1926
Elthusa acutinasa	Southwest Atlantic.		2019
Elthusa alvaradoensis	Western Central Atlantic.	2.6 TL	2005
Elthusa arnoglossi	Western Central Pacific.		2006
Elthusa atlantniroi	Western Central Pacific.		1988
Elthusa californica	Western Central Pacific.		1884
Elthusa caudata	Western Central Pacific.		1884
Elthusa emarginata	Western Central Pacific.		1857
Elthusa epinepheli	Western Central Pacific.		2010
Elthusa fistularia	Western Central Pacific.		2020
Elthusa foveolata	Western Central Pacific.		1897
Elthusa frontalis	Western Central Pacific.		1910
Elthusa menziesi	Western Central Pacific.		1981
Elthusa methepia	Western Central Pacific.		1884
Elthusa myripristae	Western Central Pacific.		1990
Elthusa nanoides	Western Central Pacific.		1905
Elthusa neocytta	Western Central Pacific.		1975
Elthusa ochotensis	Western Central Pacific.		1979
Elthusa parabothi	Western Central Pacific		2004
Elthusa parva	Western Central Pacific		1915
Elthusa philippinensis	Western Central Pacific		1910
Elthusa propinqua	Western Central Pacific		1904
Elthusa pseudorhombus	Western Central Pacific		2020
Elthusa raynaudii	Southwest Pacific		1840
Elthusa rotunda	Southwest Pacific		2019
Elthusa sacciger	Southwest Pacific		1909
Elthusa samariscii	Southwest Pacific		1951
Elthusa samoensis	Southwest Pacific		1884
Elthusa sigani	Southwest Pacific		1990
Elthusa splendida	Southwest Atlantic and No		1981
Elthusa tropicalis	Western Central Atlantic		1983
Elthusa turgidula	Western Central Atlantic		1926
Elthusa uranoscopus	Western Central Atlantic		2020
Elthusa vulgaris	Western Central Atlantic		1857
Elthusa xena	Western Central Atlantic		2019
Emetha adriatica	Western Central Atlantic		1885
Emetha audouini	Mediterranean Sea		1840
Enispa convexa	Mediterranean Sea		1905
Enispa irregularis	Mediterranean Sea		1857
Glossobius albinae	Mediterranean Sea		1986
Glossobius anctus	Tropical and subtropical	3.4 TL	1989
Glossobius arimae	Oshima, Japan.		2001
Glossobius auritus	Atlantic and Indo-West Pa	3.3 TL	1885
Glossobius crassa	Atlantic and Indo-West Pa		1853
Glossobius hemiramphi	Atlantic Ocean.	3.7 TL	1985
Glossobius impressus	Tropical and subtropical	4 TL	1818
Glossobius linearis	Tropical and subtropical		1853
Glossobius ogasawarensis	Tropical and subtropical		1992
Ichthyoxenos africana	Tropical and subtropical		1972
Ichthyoxenos amurensis	Tropical and subtropical		1858
Ichthyoxenos asymmetrica	Western Indian Ocean		1970
Ichthyoxenos circularius	Western Indian Ocean		1940
Ichthyoxenos dentimaxillus	Western Indian Ocean		1940
Ichthyoxenos expansus	Western Indian Ocean		1920
Ichthyoxenos formosanus	Western Indian Ocean		1930
Ichthyoxenos fushanensis	Taiwan.		1999
Ichthyoxenos geei	Taiwan.		1921
Ichthyoxenos hsiakowensis	Taiwan.		1935
Ichthyoxenos japonensis	Taiwan.		1913
Ichthyoxenos jellinghausii	Taiwan.		1870
Ichthyoxenos longenditus	Taiwan.		1940
Ichthyoxenos micronyx	Taiwan.		1880
Ichthyoxenos minabensis	Taiwan.		1951
Ichthyoxenos montanus	Taiwan.		1884
Ichthyoxenos opisthopterygium	Taiwan.		1916
Ichthyoxenos puhi	Taiwan.		1962
Ichthyoxenos quadratus	Taiwan.		1940
Ichthyoxenos sinensis	Taiwan.		1940
Ichthyoxenos tanganyikae	Taiwan.		1965
Ichthyoxenos tchangi	Taiwan.		1935
Ichthyoxenos yunnanensis	Taiwan.		1935
Idusa dieuzeidei	Mediterranean Sea		1950
Idusa plagusiae	Mediterranean Sea		1884
Irona nana	Mediterranean Sea
Irona philippinensis	Western Central Pacific		1973
Isonebula maculatus	Western Central Pacific		1977
Joryma brachysoma	Western Central Pacific		1964
Joryma engraulidis	Western Central Pacific		1936

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Species Identification: Find Species

Family: Cymothoidae (See list of species below)

Family: Cymothoidae

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