Fish Identification

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Fish Identification

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Non-fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Diaphanidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Colobocephalus costellatus []	No picture found Colpodaspis pusilla []	Colpodaspis thompsoni [Fried egg sea slug]
No picture found Diaphana anderssoni []	No picture found Diaphana brazieri []	No picture found Diaphana californica [California diaphana]
No picture found Diaphana caribaea []	No picture found Diaphana cretica []	No picture found Diaphana floridana []
No picture found Diaphana glacialis []	No picture found Diaphana globosa []	No picture found Diaphana haini []
No picture found Diaphana hiemalis []	No picture found Diaphana inflata []	No picture found Diaphana lactea []
No picture found Diaphana lottae []	No picture found Diaphana makarovi []	No picture found Diaphana marshalli []
No picture found Diaphana minuta [Arctic paperbubble]	No picture found Diaphana paessleri []	No picture found Diaphana pfefferi []
No picture found Diaphana quadrata []	No picture found Diaphana seguenzae []	Diaphana tasmanica []
No picture found Newnesia antarctica []	No picture found Rhinodiaphana ventricosa []	No picture found Toledonia bullata []
No picture found Toledonia globosa []	No picture found Toledonia limnaeaeformis []	No picture found Toledonia limnaeoides []
No picture found Toledonia major []	No picture found Toledonia palmeri []	No picture found Toledonia parelata []
No picture found Toledonia perplexa []	No picture found Toledonia punctata []	No picture found Toledonia vagabunda []
No picture found Woodbridgea polystrigma [Furrowed paperbubble]

37 Species of Family Diaphanidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Colobocephalus costellatus		Northeast Atlantic
Colpodaspis pusilla		Northeast Atlantic and th
Colpodaspis thompsoni	Fried egg sea slug	Western Central Pacific
Diaphana anderssoni		Western Atlantic.	0.25 DL
Diaphana brazieri		Indo-West Pacific
Diaphana californica	California diaphana	Eastern Pacific.	0.5 SHL
Diaphana caribaea		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL
Diaphana cretica		Northeast Atlantic and th
Diaphana floridana		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL
Diaphana glacialis		Northeast Atlantic and th
Diaphana globosa		Arctic and Northeast Atla	0.4 DL
Diaphana haini		Western Atlantic.	0.22 DL
Diaphana hiemalis		Northern Atlantic and the	0.65 DL
Diaphana inflata		Western Atlantic.	0.24 DL
Diaphana lactea		Northeast Atlantic and th
Diaphana lottae		Western Atlantic	0.85 TL
Diaphana makarovi		Arctic, Eastern Pacific a
Diaphana marshalli		Northeast Atlantic
Diaphana minuta	Arctic paperbubble	Atlantic Ocean, Eastern P	0.5 DL
Diaphana paessleri		Western Atlantic and Indo	0.33 DL
Diaphana pfefferi		Western Atlantic.	0.29 DL
Diaphana quadrata		Northeast and the Mediter
Diaphana seguenzae		Atlantic Ocean.	0.38 DL
Diaphana tasmanica		Indo-West Pacific
Newnesia antarctica		Antarctic Atlantic	3 DL
Rhinodiaphana ventricosa		Northeast Atlantic and th
Toledonia bullata		Western Atlantic.	0.92 DL
Toledonia globosa		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Toledonia limnaeaeformis		Southeast Pacific and Ant
Toledonia limnaeoides		Northern Atlantic and the	0.26 DL
Toledonia major		Antarctic and Southwest P	0.66 DL
Toledonia palmeri		Western Atlantic and East	0.26 DL
Toledonia parelata		Southeast Pacific and Wes	0.61 DL
Toledonia perplexa		Southeast Pacific and Sou	0.32 DL
Toledonia punctata		Antarctic, Western Atlant	0.59 DL
Toledonia vagabunda		Southeast Pacific and Wes	1 DL
Woodbridgea polystrigma	Furrowed paperbubble	Eastern Pacific.

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