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Family: Dajidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Aegophila cappa []	No picture found Akrophryxus acinaces []	No picture found Akrophryxus milvus []
No picture found Heterophryxus appendiculatus []	No picture found Notophryxus clypeatus []	No picture found Notophryxus longicaudatus []
No picture found Oculophryxus bicaulis []	No picture found Prodajus ostendensis []	No picture found Telephryxus clypeus []
No picture found Zonophryxus dodecapus []	Zonophryxus quinquedens []

11 Species of Family Dajidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Aegophila cappa		Northeast Pacific
Akrophryxus acinaces		Northwest Pacific
Akrophryxus milvus		Western Indian Ocean
Heterophryxus appendiculatus		Eastern Central Atlantic
Notophryxus clypeatus		Arctic.
Notophryxus longicaudatus		Eastern Central Atlantic
Oculophryxus bicaulis		E. Pacific, off Baja Cali
Prodajus ostendensis		Northeast Atlantic
Telephryxus clypeus		Western Central Atlantic
Zonophryxus dodecapus		Eastern Central Atlantic.
Zonophryxus quinquedens		Antarctic Atlantic

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