Fish Identification

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Fish Identification

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Non-fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Vesiculariidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Amathia convoluta []	No picture found Amathia distans [White bushy bryozoan]	Amathia gracilis [Creeping bryozoan]
No picture found Amathia lendigera []	No picture found Amathia pruvoti []	No picture found Amathia semiconvoluta []
Amathia verticillata [Bushy bryozoan]	No picture found Amathia vidovici []	No picture found Bowerbankia citrina []
No picture found Bowerbankia composita []	No picture found Bowerbankia francorum []	No picture found Bowerbankia hahni []
No picture found Bowerbankia imbricata []	No picture found Bowerbankia minutissima []	No picture found Bowerbankia pustulosa []
No picture found Farrella repens []	No picture found Vesicularia spinosa []

17 Species of Family Vesiculariidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Amathia convoluta		Eastern Central Pacific
Amathia distans	White bushy bryozoan	Native in Caribbean and A	20 WD
Amathia gracilis	Creeping bryozoan	Eastern Pacific, Southwes
Amathia lendigera		Mediterranean
Amathia pruvoti		Mediterranean Sea
Amathia semiconvoluta		Mediterranean Sea.
Amathia verticillata	Bushy bryozoan	Indo-Pacific and Western
Amathia vidovici		Western Central Atlantic,
Bowerbankia citrina		Northeast Atlantic
Bowerbankia composita		Arctic
Bowerbankia francorum		Southwest Atlantic
Bowerbankia hahni		Southwest Atlantic
Bowerbankia imbricata		Southern Pacific, Atlanti
Bowerbankia minutissima		Southwest Atlantic
Bowerbankia pustulosa		Northeast Atlantic and th
Farrella repens		Northeast Atlantic and th
Vesicularia spinosa		Mediterranean Sea.

Other identification tools in SeaLifeBase

Quick Identification

Identification keys

Identification by morphometrics

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.

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

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

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