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Family: Pholoidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Eupholoe nuda []	No picture found Laubierpholoe antipoda []	No picture found Pholoe assimilis []
No picture found Pholoe baltica []	No picture found Pholoe fauveli []	No picture found Pholoe glabra []
No picture found Pholoe inornata []	No picture found Pholoe longa []	No picture found Pholoe minuta []
No picture found Pholoe polymorpha []	No picture found Pholoides asperus []	No picture found Pholoides dorsipapillatus []
No picture found Protocirrineris chrysoderma []

13 Species of Family Pholoidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Eupholoe nuda		Eastern Pacific
Laubierpholoe antipoda		Antarctic Atlantic
Pholoe assimilis		Arctic and Northeast Atla
Pholoe baltica		Northeast Atlantic
Pholoe fauveli		Mediterranean Sea.
Pholoe glabra		Eastern Pacific
Pholoe inornata		Atlantic Ocean, Arctic, M
Pholoe longa		Central Arctic.
Pholoe minuta		Arctic, Atlantic and Indo
Pholoe polymorpha		Southeast Pacific
Pholoides asperus		Eastern Pacific
Pholoides dorsipapillatus		Western Indian Ocean, Wes
Protocirrineris chrysoderma		Indo-Pacific, Northeast A

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