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Non-fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Asterostomatidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Argopatagus aculeata []	No picture found Argopatagus vitreus []	No picture found Heterobrissus niasicus []
No picture found Linopneustes excentricus []	No picture found Linopneustes fragilis []	No picture found Linopneustes murrayi []
No picture found Platybrissus ovalis []	No picture found Platybrissus roemeri []	No picture found Plesiozonus diomedeae []
No picture found Plesiozonus tenuis []

10 Species of Family Asterostomatidae
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Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Argopatagus aculeata		Eastern Pacific.
Argopatagus vitreus		Western Central Pacific
Heterobrissus niasicus		Western Central Pacific
Linopneustes excentricus		Western Central Pacific
Linopneustes fragilis		Western Central Pacific
Linopneustes murrayi		Western Central Pacific
Platybrissus ovalis		Western Central Pacific
Platybrissus roemeri		Northwest Pacific
Plesiozonus diomedeae		Western Central Pacific
Plesiozonus tenuis		Western Central Pacific

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Identification by pictures:

          If you already know the Family, go to Search SeaLifeBase, select Family and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in SeaLifeBase for the family.

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