Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Abasia pseudorostris				1908
Anuretes anomalus		Western Indian Ocean		1967
Anuretes anurus		Western Indian Ocean		1936
Anuretes branchialis		Western Indian Ocean		1953
Anuretes fallolunulus		Western Indian Ocean		1967
Anuretes heckelii		Western Atlantic	0.3 TL	1863
Anuretes menehune		Western Atlantic		1964
Anuretes serratus		Western Atlantic		1954
Anuretes similis		Western Indian Ocean		2000
Avitocaligus assurgericola		Western Central Pacific		2005
Belizia brevicauda		Western Central Atlantic		1990
Caligodes laciniatus		Western Central Atlantic		1863
Caligodes megacephalus		Western Central Atlantic		1905
Caligus asperimanus		Western Central Atlantic		1951
Caligus asymmetricus		Western Central Atlantic		1965
Caligus atromaculatus		Western Central Atlantic.		1913
Caligus auxisi		Western Central Atlantic.		1963
Caligus balistae		Western Central Atlantic	0.5 TL	1861
Caligus belones		Western Central Atlantic		1863
Caligus berychis		Western Central Atlantic		1936
Caligus biaculeatus		Central Atlantic		1914
Caligus bifurcatus		Central Atlantic		1952
Caligus bonito		Worldwide except polar oc	0.9 TL	1905
Caligus brevicaudatus		Worldwide except polar oc		1901
Caligus centrodonti		Worldwide except polar oc		1850
Caligus chelifer		Western Central Atlantic	0.7 TL	1905
Caligus chorinemi		West Atlantic. Bahamas,	0.5 TL	1863
Caligus clemensi		Northeast Pacific		1964
Caligus confusus		Western Central Pacific		1961
Caligus constrictus		Western Central Pacific		1865
Caligus cordyla		Indo-West Pacific		1963
Caligus coryphaenae		Central Pacific and Weste	0.8 TL	1861
Caligus curtus		Northeast Atlantic		1785
Caligus diaphanus		Northeast Atlantic		1832
Caligus elongatus	Salmon sealouse	West Central Atlantic	0.7 TL	1832
Caligus epidemicus		Western Pacific		1971
Caligus epinepheli		Western Indian Ocean		1936
Caligus flexispina		Western Indian Ocean		1964
Caligus germoi		Western Indian Ocean		1951
Caligus glandifer		Western Indian Ocean		1954
Caligus gurnardi		Western Indian Ocean		1863
Caligus haemulonis		Western Central Atlantic		1863
Caligus hobsoni		Western Central Atlantic		1969
Caligus hyalinae		Western Central Atlantic		1966
Caligus infestans		Western Central Pacific		1865
Caligus irritans		Southeast Pacific		1865
Caligus isonyx		Western Atlantic and Paci	0.5 TL	1861
Caligus kabatae		Western Central Atlantic		1991
Caligus kala		Western Central Atlantic		1964
Caligus kalumai		Western Central Atlantic		1964
Caligus kapuhili		Western Central Atlantic		1967
Caligus klawei		Western Central Atlantic		1959
Caligus labracis		Western Central Atlantic		1902
Caligus lacustris		Western Central Atlantic		1861
Caligus ligatus		Western Central Atlantic		1964
Caligus longicaudus		Western Indian Ocean		1898
Caligus longipedis		Circumglobal.	5.5 TL	1898
Caligus lunatus		Circumglobal.		1924
Caligus macarovi		Circumglobal.		1951
Caligus minimus		Circumglobal.		1821
Caligus mutabilis		West Atlantic.	0.6 TL	1905
Caligus novocaledonicus		Western Central Pacific		1968
Caligus ocyurus		Western Central Atlantic		1991
Caligus olsoni		Western Central Atlantic		1953
Caligus orientalis		Western Indian Ocean		1951
Caligus patulus		Western Central Pacific		1937
Caligus pectinatus		Western Central Pacific		1965
Caligus pelamydis		Worldwide.	0.5 TL	1863
Caligus platytarsis		Worldwide.		1898
Caligus pomacentrus		Western Central Atlantic		1991
Caligus praetextus	Fish louse	Western Central Atlantic		1936
Caligus productus		Worldwide.	0.6 TL	1849
Caligus punctatus		Worldwide.		1955
Caligus quadratus		Worldwide	0.6 TL	1954
Caligus randalli		Worldwide		1964
Caligus rectus		Worldwide		1952
Caligus robustus		Worldwide.	1 TL	1898
Caligus rufimaculatus		Worldwide.		1905
Caligus schistonyx		Worldwide.		1905
Caligus serratus		Worldwide.		1965
Caligus spinosurculus		West Central Atlantic	52 TL	1951
Caligus suffuscus		Western Central Atlantic		1913
Caligus tenax		Western Central Atlantic		1865
Caligus tenuicaudatus		Western Central Atlantic		1959
Caligus tenuifurcatus		Western Central Atlantic		1937
Caligus validus		Western Central Atlantic		1952
Caligus ventrosetosus		Western Central Atlantic		1952
Caligus wilsoni		Northwest Atlantic	0.5 TL	1958
Caligus xystercus		Western Central Atlantic		1991
Caligus zei		Western Central Atlantic		1906
Dentigryps bifurcatus		Western Central Atlantic		1964
Dentigryps curtus		Western Central Atlantic		1913
Dentigryps longicauda		Western Central Atlantic		1966
Dentigryps ulua		Western Central Atlantic		1964
Echetus typicus		Western Central Atlantic		1863
Hermilius ariodi		Western Indian Ocean		1986
Hermilius longicaudus		Western Indian Ocean		2000
Hermilius longicornis		Western Indian Ocean		1898
Lepeophtheirus appendiculatus		Western Indian Ocean		1863
Lepeophtheirus bagri		Western Indian Ocean		1848
Lepeophtheirus bermudensis		Western Central Atlantic	3 TL
Lepeophtheirus bifidus		Western Central Atlantic		1920
Lepeophtheirus bifurcatus		Western Central Atlantic		1905
Lepeophtheirus bonaci		Western Central Atlantic		1952
Lepeophtheirus brachyurus		Western Central Atlantic		1865
Lepeophtheirus breviventris		Western Central Atlantic		1920
Lepeophtheirus constrictus		Western Central Atlantic		1908
Lepeophtheirus crassus		Western Central Atlantic		1936
Lepeophtheirus cuneifer		Western Central Atlantic		1974
Lepeophtheirus curtus		Western Central Atlantic		1913
Lepeophtheirus dissimulatus		Pacific Ocean and Western	0.4 TL	1905
Lepeophtheirus edwardsi		Western Atlantic and Nort	0.8 TL	1905
Lepeophtheirus eurus		Western Atlantic and Nort		1936
Lepeophtheirus goniistii		Western Atlantic and Nort		1936
Lepeophtheirus hastatus		Western Atlantic and Nort		1960
Lepeophtheirus hexagrammi		Western Atlantic and Nort		1951
Lepeophtheirus hippoglossi		Western Atlantic and Nort		1837
Lepeophtheirus hospitalis		Western Atlantic and Nort		1920
Lepeophtheirus hummi		Western Atlantic and Nort		1952
Lepeophtheirus longiabdominis		Western Atlantic and Nort		1960
Lepeophtheirus longipes		Western Atlantic and Nort		1905
Lepeophtheirus longispinosus		Western Atlantic and Nort		1908
Lepeophtheirus marcepes		Western Atlantic and Nort		1944
Lepeophtheirus monacanthus		Western Atlantic and Nort		1865
Lepeophtheirus nanaimoensis		Western Atlantic and Nort		1912
Lepeophtheirus nordmanni		Western Atlantic and Nort		1840
Lepeophtheirus oblitus		Western Atlantic and Nort		1973
Lepeophtheirus parvicruris		Western Atlantic and Nort		1920
Lepeophtheirus parviventris		Western Atlantic and Nort		1905
Lepeophtheirus parvus		Western Atlantic and Nort		1908
Lepeophtheirus paulus		Western Atlantic and Nort		1969
Lepeophtheirus pectoralis		Northeast Atlantic		1777
Lepeophtheirus pollachius		Northeast Atlantic		1896
Lepeophtheirus pravipes		Northeast Atlantic		1912
Lepeophtheirus remiopsis		Northeast Atlantic		1979
Lepeophtheirus rotundipes		Northeast Atlantic		1979
Lepeophtheirus salmonis	Salmon louse	Northeast Pacific		1837
Lepeophtheirus spatha		Northeast Pacific		1991
Lepeophtheirus sturionis		Northeast Pacific		1838
Lepeophtheirus thompsoni		Northeast Pacific		1850
Markevichus ponticus		Northeast Pacific		1940
Metacaligus rufus		Northeast Pacific		1908
Midias lobodes		Circumglobal.	0.1 TL	1911
Paralebion elongatus		Pacific Ocean		1911
Paralebion pearsei		Pacific Ocean		1953
Parapetalus gunteri		Pacific Ocean		1952
Parapetalus occidentalis		Western Atlantic	0.8 TL	1908
Pseudanuretes fedderni		Western Atlantic		1966
Pseudanuretes fortipedis		Western Central Pacific		1965
Pseudanuretes parvulus		Western Central Pacific		1913
Pseudocaligus apodus		Western Central Pacific		1924
Pseudocaligus brevipedis		Western Central Pacific		1896
Pseudolepeophtheirus longicauda		Western Central Pacific		1941
Pupulina brevicauda		Western Central Pacific		1952
Pupulina flores		Western Central Pacific		1892
Pupulina minor		Western Central Pacific		1952
Sciaenophilus tenuis		Western Central Pacific		1852

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Species Identification: Find Species

Family: Caligidae (See list of species below)

Family: Caligidae

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