Fish Identification

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Fish Identification

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Non-fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Photidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Gammaropsis barnardi []	No picture found Gammaropsis blaisus []	No picture found Gammaropsis dentata []
No picture found Gammaropsis dentifera []	No picture found Gammaropsis ellisi []	No picture found Gammaropsis exsertipes []
No picture found Gammaropsis georgiana []	No picture found Gammaropsis hephaestus []	No picture found Gammaropsis kergueleni []
No picture found Gammaropsis longicornis []	No picture found Gammaropsis maculata []	No picture found Gammaropsis melanops []
No picture found Gammaropsis nitida []	No picture found Gammaropsis palmata []	No picture found Gammaropsis purpurescens []
No picture found Gammaropsis serricrus []	No picture found Gammaropsis sublitoralis []	No picture found Gammaropsis sutherlandi []
No picture found Gammaropsis thompsoni []	No picture found Gammaropsis togoensis []	No picture found Gammaropsis triodon []
No picture found Graciliphotis ruthae []	No picture found Latigammaropsis abbotti []	No picture found Latigammaropsis akhenateni []
No picture found Latigammaropsis athenae []	No picture found Latigammaropsis atlantica []	No picture found Latigammaropsis christenseni []
No picture found Latigammaropsis dionysus []	No picture found Latigammaropsis hermes []	No picture found Latigammaropsis hestia []
No picture found Megamphopus cornutus []	No picture found Megamphopus dimorpha []	No picture found Megamphopus longicornis []
No picture found Microphotis blachei []	No picture found Photis aina []	No picture found Photis bifurcata []
No picture found Photis brevipes []	No picture found Photis conchicola []	No picture found Photis davei []
No picture found Photis dentata []	No picture found Photis elephantis []	No picture found Photis hawaiensis []
No picture found Photis lacia []	No picture found Photis longicaudata []	No picture found Photis macinerneyi []
No picture found Photis macrocarpa []	No picture found Photis macromana []	No picture found Photis melanica []
No picture found Photis oligochaeta []	No picture found Photis pachydactyla []	No picture found Photis parvidons []
No picture found Photis pirloti []	No picture found Photis pollex []	No picture found Photis pugnator []
No picture found Photis reinhardi []	No picture found Photis tenuicornis []	No picture found Photis trapherus []
No picture found Photis viuda []	No picture found Podoceropsis kermadeci []	No picture found Virgammaropsis artemis []

60 Species of Family Photidae
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Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Gammaropsis barnardi		Northeast Pacific
Gammaropsis blaisus		Antarctic Atlantic
Gammaropsis dentata		Southwest Pacific
Gammaropsis dentifera		Southern Oceans
Gammaropsis ellisi		Northeast Pacific
Gammaropsis exsertipes		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Gammaropsis georgiana		Antarctic Atlantic
Gammaropsis hephaestus		Western Central Pacific
Gammaropsis kergueleni		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Gammaropsis longicornis		Southern Oceans
Gammaropsis maculata		Arctic, Atlantic Ocean, M
Gammaropsis melanops		Arctic and Northern Atlan
Gammaropsis nitida		Northwest Pacific, Northe
Gammaropsis palmata		Mediterranean Sea
Gammaropsis purpurescens		Antarctic Atlantic
Gammaropsis serricrus		Antarctic Atlantic
Gammaropsis sublitoralis		Antarctic Atlantic
Gammaropsis sutherlandi		Western Central Atlantic.
Gammaropsis thompsoni		Northeast Pacific
Gammaropsis togoensis		Northwest Pacific
Gammaropsis triodon		Antarctic Atlantic
Graciliphotis ruthae		Western Central Pacific
Latigammaropsis abbotti		Indo-West Pacific.
Latigammaropsis akhenateni		Central Pacific
Latigammaropsis athenae		Western Central Pacific
Latigammaropsis atlantica		Northwest Pacific and Wes
Latigammaropsis christenseni		Western Central Pacific.
Latigammaropsis dionysus		Western Central Pacific
Latigammaropsis hermes		Western Central Pacific
Latigammaropsis hestia		Western Central Pacific
Megamphopus cornutus		Eastern Atlantic and the
Megamphopus dimorpha		Antarctic Atlantic
Megamphopus longicornis		Antarctic Atlantic
Microphotis blachei		Western Indian Ocean
Photis aina		Western Central Pacific
Photis bifurcata		Canada
Photis brevipes		Canada
Photis conchicola		Canada
Photis davei		Western Central Pacific
Photis dentata		Western Atlantic
Photis elephantis		Southeast Pacific
Photis hawaiensis		Northwest Pacific
Photis lacia		Canada
Photis longicaudata		Northeast Atlantic and th
Photis macinerneyi		Canada
Photis macrocarpa		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Photis macromana		Western Atlantic
Photis melanica		Western Atlantic
Photis oligochaeta		Canada
Photis pachydactyla		Canada
Photis parvidons		Canada
Photis pirloti		Western Central Pacific
Photis pollex		Northeast Atlantic
Photis pugnator		Western Central Atlantic
Photis reinhardi		Arctic, Northern Pacific,
Photis tenuicornis		Arctic and Northwest Atla
Photis trapherus		Western Atlantic
Photis viuda		Canada
Podoceropsis kermadeci		Southwest Pacific
Virgammaropsis artemis		Western Central Pacific

Other identification tools in SeaLifeBase

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Identification by pictures:

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