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Family: Triphoridae (See list of species below)

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216 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)
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Aclophora robusta
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Aclophora sagei
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Aclophora xystica
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Aclophoropsis mcmichaeli
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Bouchetriphora pallida
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Brucetriphora granifera
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Cautor minutulus
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Cautor similis
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Cautotriphora alveolata
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Cautotriphora hervieri
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Cheirodonta apexcrassum
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Cheirodonta decollata
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Cheirodonta miskitorum
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Cheirodonta pallescens
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Cheirodonta verbernei
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Coriophora hungerfordi
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Coriophora monilifera
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Coriophora ustulata
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Cosmotriphora arnoldoi
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Cosmotriphora decorata
[Mottled triphora]
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Cosmotriphora dupliniana
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Cosmotriphora melanura
[White Atlantic triphora]
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Cosmotriphora oreodoxa
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Differoforis montrouzieri
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Euthymella bilix
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Euthymella concors
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Euthymella elegans
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Euthymella elongata
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Euthymella lutea
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Eutriphora auffenbergi
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Eutriphora bermudensis
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Inella apexbilirata
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Inella asperrima
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Inella colon
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Inella differens
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Inella dinea
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Inella enopla
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Inella faberi
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Inella gaesona
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Inella gigas
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Inella harryleei
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Inella japonica
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Inella maxillaris
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Inella meteora
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Inella noduloides
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Inella pinarena
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Inella pompona
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Inella pseudolongissima
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Inella pseudotorticula
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Inella pyramidalis
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Inella ryosukei
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Inella sarissa
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Inella sentoma
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Inella slapcinskyi
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Inella spicula
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Inella torticula
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Inella undebermuda
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Inella unicornium
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Iniforis aemulans
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Iniforis albogranosa
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Iniforis carmelae
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Iniforis casta
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Iniforis hinuhinu
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Iniforis ikukoae
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Iniforis immaculata
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Iniforis limitaris
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Iniforis ordinata
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Iniforis peleae
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Iniforis perfecta
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Iniforis pseudothomae
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Iniforis turristhomae
[St. Thomas triphora]
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Iniformis formosula
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Isotriphora guanahacabibes
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Isotriphora peetersae
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Isotriphora taenialba
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Latitriphora albida
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Liniphora restis
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Litharium oceanida
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Marshallora adversa
[Reversed needle welk]
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Marshallora apexdiversus
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Marshallora nicaraguensis
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Marshallora nichupte
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Marshallora nigrocincta
[Black-line triphora]
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Marshallora ostenta
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Mastonia cingulifera
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Mastonia clavata
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Mastonia cnodax
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Mastonia gracilis
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Mastonia guamensis
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Mastonia iris
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Mastonia lamberti
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Mastonia millepunctata
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Mastonia papillata
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Mastonia peanites
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Mastonia rubra
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Mastonia squalida
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Mastonia troglodytes
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Mastonia vulpina
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Mastoniaeforis chaperi
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Mastoniaeforis decorata
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Mastoniaeforis jousseaumei
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Mastoniaeforis lifuana
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Mesophora granosa
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Mesophora novem
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Metaxia abrupta
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Metaxia albicephala
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Metaxia bacillum
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Metaxia brunnicephala
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Metaxia espinosai
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Metaxia exaltata
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Metaxia excelsa
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Metaxia kermadecensis
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Metaxia metaxa
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Metaxia metaxae
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Metaxia polynesica
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Metaxia prompta
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Metaxia propinqua
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Metaxia propria
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Metaxia rugulosa
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Metaxia taeniolata
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Metaxia tricarinata
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Metaxia vicina
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Monophorus alboranensis
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Monophorus ateralbus
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Monophorus atrata
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Monophorus erythrosoma
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Monophorus monachus
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Monophorus olivaceus
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Monophorus pantherinus
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Monophorus perversus
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Monophorus quadrimaculatus
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Monophorus tessellatus
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Monophorus thiriotae
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Nanaphora triticea
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Nototriphora aupouria
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Nototriphora decorata
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Obesula marisnostri
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Opimaphora coralina
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Opimaphora sarcira
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Pogonodon pseudocanaricus
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Sagenotriphora ampulla
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Sagenotriphora candidula
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Similiphora intermedia
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Similiphora similior
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Strobiligera bigemma
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Strobiligera brychia
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Strobiligera flammulata
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Strobiligera inflata
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Subulophora rutilans
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Tetraphora iniqua
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Tetraphora princeps
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Tetraphora serrana
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Triphora abacoensis
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Triphora amicorum
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Triphora aporema
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Triphora atlantica
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Triphora bathyraphe
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Triphora bicolor
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Triphora calva
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Triphora caracca
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Triphora caribbeana
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Triphora chrysolitha
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Triphora compsa
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Triphora cylindrellus
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Triphora earlei
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Triphora ellyae
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Triphora elvirae
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Triphora eucharis
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Triphora exomilisca
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Triphora georgiana
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Triphora grenadensis
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Triphora guadaloupensis
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Triphora hebes
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Triphora hemphilli
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Triphora hircus
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Triphora idonea
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Triphora inaudita
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Triphora indigena
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Triphora intermedia
[Intermediate trifora]
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Triphora keiki
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Triphora laddi
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Triphora leucathema
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Triphora lilacina
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Triphora loisae
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Triphora longissima
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Triphora martii
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Triphora medinae
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Triphora nigrocincta
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Triphora ornata
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Triphora osclausum
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Triphora peninsularis
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Triphora portoricensis
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Triphora pseudonovem
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Triphora pusilla
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Triphora recta
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Triphora regalis
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Triphora rushii
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Triphora somersi
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Triphora stearnsi
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Triphora taeniolata
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Triphora triserialis
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Triphora truncis
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Triphora tuberculata
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Triphora turtlebayensis
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Triphora vargasi
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Triphora yociusi
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Viriola abbotti
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Viriola bayani
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Viriola cancellata
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Viriola cingulata
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Viriola corrugata
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Viriola flammulata
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Viriola incisa
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Viriola pagoda
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Viriola tricincta
[Three-plaited triphoria]
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Viriolopsis fallax
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216 Species of Family Triphoridae
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Aclophora robusta Western Central Pacific
Aclophora sagei Western Central Atlantic 0.86 NG
Aclophora xystica Western Central Pacific
Aclophoropsis mcmichaeli Eastern Central Pacific
Bouchetriphora pallida Pacific Ocean.
Brucetriphora granifera Southwest Pacific
Cautor minutulus Western Central Pacific
Cautor similis Eastern Central Pacific
Cautotriphora alveolata Western Central Pacific
Cautotriphora hervieri Western Central Pacific
Cheirodonta apexcrassum Western Central Atlantic. 0.278 DL
Cheirodonta decollata Western Central Atlantic. 0.4 DL
Cheirodonta miskitorum Western Atlantic. 0.34 DL
Cheirodonta pallescens Mediterranean Sea.
Cheirodonta verbernei Western Atlantic. 0.32 DL
Coriophora hungerfordi Western Central Pacific
Coriophora monilifera Eastern Central Pacific
Coriophora ustulata Eastern Central Pacific
Cosmotriphora arnoldoi Western Central Atlantic. 0.6 DL
Cosmotriphora decorata Mottled triphora Western Central Atlantic
Cosmotriphora dupliniana Western Central Atlantic. 0.57 DL
Cosmotriphora melanura White Atlantic triphora Atlantic Ocean and the Me 0.85 DL
Cosmotriphora oreodoxa Western Central Atlantic. 0.82 DL
Differoforis montrouzieri Eastern Central Pacific
Euthymella bilix Central Pacific
Euthymella concors Central Pacific
Euthymella elegans Central Pacific
Euthymella elongata Pacific Ocean.
Euthymella lutea Eastern Central Pacific
Eutriphora auffenbergi Western Atlantic. 2.18 DL
Eutriphora bermudensis Western Central Atlantic. 0.61 DL
Inella apexbilirata Western Atlantic. 0.35 DL
Inella asperrima Western Central Pacific
Inella colon Western Central Atlantic. 1.27 DL
Inella differens Western Atlantic. 0.76 DL
Inella dinea Western Atlantic. 1 DL
Inella enopla Western Atlantic. 1.15 DL
Inella faberi Western Atlantic.
Inella gaesona Western Atlantic. 1.2 DL
Inella gigas Western Central Pacific
Inella harryleei Western Atlantic. 1.83 DL
Inella japonica Western Central Pacific
Inella maxillaris Western Central Pacific
Inella meteora Western Atlantic. 0.9 DL
Inella noduloides Western Atlantic. 0.21 DL
Inella pinarena Western Atlantic. 0.6 DL
Inella pompona Western Atlantic. 2.35 DL
Inella pseudolongissima Western Atlantic. 2.2 DL
Inella pseudotorticula Western Atlantic. 1.68 DL
Inella pyramidalis Western Central Pacific
Inella ryosukei Western Central Pacific
Inella sarissa Western Atlantic. 1.55 DL
Inella sentoma Western Atlantic. 2.8 DL
Inella slapcinskyi Western Atlantic. 0.26 DL
Inella spicula Western Central Pacific
Inella torticula Western Atlantic. 2.5 DL
Inella undebermuda Western Atlantic. 1.23 DL
Inella unicornium Western Atlantic. 4.97 DL
Iniforis aemulans Eastern Central Pacific
Iniforis albogranosa Western Central Pacific
Iniforis carmelae Western Central Atlantic 0.59 DL
Iniforis casta Western Central Atlantic. 0.8 DL
Iniforis hinuhinu Central Pacific
Iniforis ikukoae Eastern Central Pacific
Iniforis immaculata Western Central Atlantic 0.49 DL
Iniforis limitaris Southeast Pacific
Iniforis ordinata Eastern Central Pacific
Iniforis peleae Eastern Central Pacific
Iniforis perfecta Eastern Central Pacific
Iniforis pseudothomae Western Central Atlantic 0.95 DL
Iniforis turristhomae St. Thomas triphora Western Atlantic. 0.7 DL
Iniformis formosula Western Central Pacific
Isotriphora guanahacabibes Western Atlantic. 0.55 DL
Isotriphora peetersae Western Central Atlantic. 0.47 DL
Isotriphora taenialba Western Atlantic. 0.55 DL
Latitriphora albida Western Central Atlantic.
Liniphora restis Eastern Central Pacific
Litharium oceanida Eastern Central Pacific
Marshallora adversa Reversed needle welk Northeast Atlantic and th
Marshallora apexdiversus Western Atlantic. 0.62 DL
Marshallora nicaraguensis Western Atlantic. 0.32 DL
Marshallora nichupte Western Central Atlantic. 0.5 DL
Marshallora nigrocincta Black-line triphora Western Atlantic. 0.8 DL
Marshallora ostenta Western Atlantic. 0.55 DL
Mastonia cingulifera Central Pacific
Mastonia clavata Western Central Pacific
Mastonia cnodax Western Central Pacific
Mastonia gracilis Eastern Central Pacific
Mastonia guamensis Western Central Pacific
Mastonia iris Eastern Central Pacific
Mastonia lamberti Western Central Pacific
Mastonia millepunctata Western Central Pacific
Mastonia papillata Eastern Central Pacific
Mastonia peanites Eastern Central Pacific
Mastonia rubra Western Central Pacific
Mastonia squalida Eastern Central Pacific
Mastonia troglodytes Eastern Central Pacific
Mastonia vulpina Eastern Central Pacific
Mastoniaeforis chaperi Eastern Central Pacific
Mastoniaeforis decorata Southwest Pacific and Eas
Mastoniaeforis jousseaumei Western Pacific
Mastoniaeforis lifuana Western Central Pacific
Mesophora granosa Pacific Ocean.
Mesophora novem Western Central Atlantic. 0.72 DL
Metaxia abrupta Atlantic Ocean. 0.63 TL
Metaxia albicephala Eastern Central Pacific
Metaxia bacillum Mediterranean Sea.
Metaxia brunnicephala Eastern Central Pacific
Metaxia espinosai Western Central Atlantic. 0.37 DL
Metaxia exaltata Southwest Pacific
Metaxia excelsa Western Atlantic. 0.6 DL
Metaxia kermadecensis Southwest Pacific
Metaxia metaxa Atlantic Ocean. 0.55 DL
Metaxia metaxae Mediterranean Sea.
Metaxia polynesica Southeast Pacific
Metaxia prompta Western Atlantic. 0.41 DL
Metaxia propinqua Western Atlantic. 0.63 DL
Metaxia propria Western Atlantic. 0.59 DL
Metaxia rugulosa Western Central Atlantic. 0.61 DL
Metaxia taeniolata Western Central Atlantic 0.4 DL
Metaxia tricarinata Central Pacific
Metaxia vicina Western Atlantic. 0.3 DL
Monophorus alboranensis Mediterranean Sea.
Monophorus ateralbus Western Central Atlantic. 0.6 DL
Monophorus atrata Western Central Pacific
Monophorus erythrosoma Mediterranean Sea.
Monophorus monachus Western Central Pacific
Monophorus olivaceus Western Central Atlantic. 1 DL
Monophorus pantherinus Mediterranean Sea.
Monophorus perversus Western Indian Ocean and
Monophorus quadrimaculatus Eastern Central Pacific
Monophorus tessellatus Eastern Central Pacific
Monophorus thiriotae Mediterranean Sea.
Nanaphora triticea Eastern Central Pacific
Nototriphora aupouria Southwest Pacific
Nototriphora decorata Western Atlantic. 1.2 DL
Obesula marisnostri Mediterranean Sea.
Opimaphora coralina Eastern Central Pacific
Opimaphora sarcira Western Central Pacific
Pogonodon pseudocanaricus Mediterranean Sea.
Sagenotriphora ampulla Southwest Pacific
Sagenotriphora candidula Western Atlantic. 0.5 DL
Similiphora intermedia Western Atlantic. 0.78 DL
Similiphora similior Mediterranean Sea.
Strobiligera bigemma Western Atlantic. 1.52 DL
Strobiligera brychia Mediterranean Sea.
Strobiligera flammulata Mediterranean Sea.
Strobiligera inflata Western Central Atlantic. 0.48 DL
Subulophora rutilans Southwest Pacific
Tetraphora iniqua Western Central Pacific
Tetraphora princeps Western Central Pacific
Tetraphora serrana Western Central Pacific
Triphora abacoensis Western Atlantic. 0.25 DL
Triphora amicorum Western Atlantic.
Triphora aporema Southeast Pacific
Triphora atlantica Eastern Atlantic. 0.9 DL
Triphora bathyraphe Eastern Atlantic. 0.57 DL
Triphora bicolor Eastern Central Pacific
Triphora calva Western Atlantic. 0.9 NG
Triphora caracca Western Atlantic. 0.8 DL
Triphora caribbeana Western Atlantic.
Triphora chrysolitha Eastern Central Pacific
Triphora compsa Western Atlantic. 1.2 DL
Triphora cylindrellus Western Central Atlantic. 0.65 DL
Triphora earlei Eastern Central Pacific
Triphora ellyae Western Central Atlantic. 0.37 DL
Triphora elvirae Western Central Atlantic. 0.6 DL
Triphora eucharis Southeast Pacific
Triphora exomilisca Southeast Pacific
Triphora georgiana Western Atlantic. 0.75 DL
Triphora grenadensis Western Atlantic. 0.32 DL
Triphora guadaloupensis Western Atlantic. 0.23 DL
Triphora hebes Atlantic Ocean. 0.61 DL
Triphora hemphilli Western Atlantic and East 0.57 DL
Triphora hircus Western Atlantic. 1.25 DL
Triphora idonea Western Indian Ocean
Triphora inaudita Western Atlantic. 0.54 DL
Triphora indigena Western Atlantic. 0.7 DL
Triphora intermedia Intermediate trifora Western Atlantic. 1.1 DL
Triphora keiki Eastern Central Pacific
Triphora laddi Eastern Central Pacific
Triphora leucathema Southeast Pacific
Triphora lilacina Western Central Atlantic. 0.9 DL
Triphora loisae Southeast Pacific
Triphora longissima Western Atlantic 2.79 DL
Triphora martii Western Atlantic. 0.45 DL
Triphora medinae Western Atlantic.
Triphora nigrocincta Western Central Atlantic 8 DL
Triphora ornata Western Atlantic. 1 DL
Triphora osclausum Western Central Atlantic 0.5 DL
Triphora peninsularis Southeast Pacific
Triphora portoricensis Western Atlantic.
Triphora pseudonovem Western Atlantic. 0.73 DL
Triphora pusilla Western Atlantic. 0.54 DL
Triphora recta Eastern Atlantic. 0.5 DL
Triphora regalis Western Central Pacific
Triphora rushii Western Atlantic. 0.5 DL
Triphora somersi Western Atlantic.
Triphora stearnsi Southeast Pacific
Triphora taeniolata Western Central Pacific 4 DL
Triphora triserialis Western Atlantic 0.83 DL
Triphora truncis Western Central Pacific
Triphora tuberculata Western Central Pacific
Triphora turtlebayensis Western Atlantic. 0.41 DL
Triphora vargasi Southeast Pacific
Triphora yociusi Western Atlantic. 0.39 DL
Viriola abbotti Central Pacific
Viriola bayani Central Pacific
Viriola cancellata Pacific Ocean
Viriola cingulata Western Indian Ocean
Viriola corrugata Indo-West Pacific
Viriola flammulata Eastern Central Pacific
Viriola incisa Pacific Ocean.
Viriola pagoda Central Pacific
Viriola tricincta Three-plaited triphoria Western Central Pacific
Viriolopsis fallax Eastern Central Pacific



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