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Non-fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Cossuridae (See list of species below)

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14 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)
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Cossura aciculata
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Cossura brunnea
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Cossura candida
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Cossura coasta
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Cossura dayi
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Cossura delta
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Cossura dimorpha
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Cossura laeviseta
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Cossura longocirrata
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Cossura modica
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Cossura pygodactylata
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Cossura rostrata
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Cossura soyeri
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Cossura yacy
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14 Species of Family Cossuridae
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Sort by: Species Length
Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Cossura aciculata Northwest Pacific
Cossura brunnea Eastern Pacific
Cossura candida Eastern Pacific
Cossura coasta Northwest Pacific and the
Cossura dayi Southeast Atlantic and We
Cossura delta Western Central Atlantic
Cossura dimorpha Indo-West Pacific.
Cossura laeviseta Indo-Pacific
Cossura longocirrata Indo-West Pacific, Atlant
Cossura modica Northeast Pacific
Cossura pygodactylata Arctic, Eastern Pacific a
Cossura rostrata Eastern Pacific
Cossura soyeri Indo-Pacific, Western Cen
Cossura yacy Southwest Atlantic



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