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Family: Caecidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Brochina glabella []	No picture found Caecum abreviatum []	No picture found Caecum achirona []
No picture found Caecum amedroglyptum []	No picture found Caecum antillarum [Antillean Caecum]	No picture found Caecum armoricum []
No picture found Caecum attenuatum []	No picture found Caecum auriculatum []	No picture found Caecum bicinctum []
No picture found Caecum bimamillatum []	No picture found Caecum bipartitum [Bipartite Caecum]	No picture found Caecum brasilicum []
No picture found Caecum breve []	No picture found Caecum carolinianum [Carolina Caecum]	No picture found Caecum caverna []
No picture found Caecum chilense []	No picture found Caecum cinctum []	No picture found Caecum circumvolutum []
No picture found Caecum clarkii []	No picture found Caecum clava [Club Caecum]	No picture found Caecum condylum [Bone Caecum]
No picture found Caecum cooperi [Cooper's Atlantic Caecum]	No picture found Caecum cornucopiae [Horn-of-plenty Caecum]	No picture found Caecum costulatum []
No picture found Caecum crebricinctum [Many-named Caecum]	No picture found Caecum crispum []	No picture found Caecum cycloferum [Fatlip Caecum]
No picture found Caecum debile []	No picture found Caecum delicatulum []	No picture found Caecum directum []
No picture found Caecum donmoorei []	No picture found Caecum eliezeri []	No picture found Caecum elongatum []
No picture found Caecum exile []	No picture found Caecum floridanum [Florida Caecum]	No picture found Caecum frugi []
No picture found Caecum gibbesii []	No picture found Caecum glabriforme []	No picture found Caecum glabrum []
No picture found Caecum granulatum []	No picture found Caecum gulosum []	No picture found Caecum gurgulio [Windpipe Caecum]
No picture found Caecum heladum [Fine-line Caecum]	No picture found Caecum hemisphericum []	No picture found Caecum imbricatum [Imbricate Caecum]
No picture found Caecum infimum []	No picture found Caecum insularum []	No picture found Caecum johnsoni [Johnson's Caecum]
No picture found Caecum jonatani []	No picture found Caecum jucundum []	No picture found Caecum leve []
No picture found Caecum limpidum []	No picture found Caecum lineicinctum []	No picture found Caecum maori []
No picture found Caecum massambabense []	No picture found Caecum multicostatum []	No picture found Caecum nasutum []
No picture found Caecum neocaledonicum []	No picture found Caecum neoguineanum []	No picture found Caecum nofronii []
No picture found Caecum oahuense []	No picture found Caecum planum []	No picture found Caecum plicatum [Plicate Caecum]
No picture found Caecum pulchellum [Beautiful Caecum]	No picture found Caecum rapanuiense []	No picture found Caecum regulare []
No picture found Caecum rijgersmai []	No picture found Caecum rostratum []	No picture found Caecum ryssotitum [Minute Caecum]
No picture found Caecum sepimentum []	No picture found Caecum someri []	No picture found Caecum striatum []
No picture found Caecum strictum []	No picture found Caecum strigosum []	No picture found Caecum subannulatum []
No picture found Caecum subornatum []	No picture found Caecum subvolutum []	No picture found Caecum taeniatum []
No picture found Caecum tenue []	No picture found Caecum tenuicostatum []	No picture found Caecum textile [Textile Caecum]
No picture found Caecum tinctum []	No picture found Caecum tornatum []	No picture found Caecum torquetum []
No picture found Caecum tortile [Twisted Caecum]	No picture found Caecum trachea []	No picture found Caecum troglodyta []
No picture found Caecum variegatum []	No picture found Caecum venosum []	No picture found Caecum vertebrale []
No picture found Caecum vestitum [Vera cruz Caecum]	No picture found Caecum zaagmani []	No picture found Caecum zonulatum []
No picture found Fartulum magellanicum []	No picture found Fartulum occidentale []	No picture found Mauroceras legumen []
No picture found Mauroceras sandwichense []	No picture found Meioceras cornucopiae []	No picture found Meioceras cubitatum [Smooth caecum]
No picture found Meioceras nitidum [Little horn caecum]	No picture found Parastrophia asturiana []	No picture found Parastrophia cornucopiae []
No picture found Strebloceras subannulatum []

103 Species of Family Caecidae
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Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Brochina glabella		Western and Central Pacif
Caecum abreviatum		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL
Caecum achirona		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL
Caecum amedroglyptum		Southeast Pacific	0.17 SHL
Caecum antillarum	Antillean Caecum	Western Atlantic	0.3 DL
Caecum armoricum		Mediterranean Sea.
Caecum attenuatum		Western and Eastern Centr
Caecum auriculatum		Mediterranean Sea.
Caecum bicinctum		Western Atlantic.	0.18 DL
Caecum bimamillatum		Western Atlantic.	0.16 DL
Caecum bipartitum	Bipartite Caecum	Western Central Atlantic.	0.2 DL
Caecum brasilicum		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL
Caecum breve		Western Atlantic	0.12 DL
Caecum carolinianum	Carolina Caecum	Eastern Central Pacific a	0.475 DL
Caecum caverna		Western Atlantic.	0.28 DL
Caecum chilense		Southeast Pacific	0.2 SHH
Caecum cinctum		Western Central Atlantic.	0.28 DL
Caecum circumvolutum		Western Atlantic.	0.18 DL
Caecum clarkii		Mediterranean Sea.
Caecum clava	Club Caecum	Western Central Atlantic	0.36 DL
Caecum condylum	Bone Caecum	Western Central Atlantic.	0.336 DL
Caecum cooperi	Cooper's Atlantic Caecum	Eastern Central Pacific a	0.61 DL
Caecum cornucopiae	Horn-of-plenty Caecum	North America.	0.2 DL
Caecum costulatum		Western Atlantic.
Caecum crebricinctum	Many-named Caecum	East Pacific.
Caecum crispum		Western Atlantic.	0.21 DL
Caecum cycloferum	Fatlip Caecum	Western Atlantic	0.6 DL
Caecum debile		Western Atlantic.	0.24 DL
Caecum delicatulum		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL
Caecum directum		Western Central Pacific
Caecum donmoorei		Western Atlantic.	0.14 DL
Caecum eliezeri		Western Atlantic.	0.28 DL
Caecum elongatum		Western Atlantic.
Caecum exile		Eastern Central Pacific
Caecum floridanum	Florida Caecum	Western Central Atlantic.	0.56 DL
Caecum frugi		Western Central Pacific
Caecum gibbesii		Western Atlantic.
Caecum glabriforme		Eastern Central Pacific
Caecum glabrum		Northeast Atlantic and th
Caecum granulatum		Western Central Pacific
Caecum gulosum		Western and Eastern Centr
Caecum gurgulio	Windpipe Caecum	North America.	0.2 DL
Caecum heladum	Fine-line Caecum	Western Central Atlantic
Caecum hemisphericum		Western Atlantic.
Caecum imbricatum	Imbricate Caecum	Western Atlantic.	0.31 DL
Caecum infimum		Western Atlantic.	0.12 DL
Caecum insularum		Western Atlantic	0.34 DL
Caecum johnsoni	Johnson's Caecum	Eastern Central Pacific a	0.45 DL
Caecum jonatani		Western Atlantic.	0.31 DL
Caecum jucundum		Western Atlantic.	0.32 DL
Caecum leve		Western Atlantic.
Caecum limpidum		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL
Caecum lineicinctum		Western Central Atlantic	0.325 DL
Caecum maori		Southwest Pacific
Caecum massambabense		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL
Caecum multicostatum		Western Atlantic.	0.24 DL
Caecum nasutum		Western Central Pacific
Caecum neocaledonicum		Eastern Central Pacific
Caecum neoguineanum		Western Central Pacific
Caecum nofronii		Western Central Pacific
Caecum oahuense		Eastern Central Pacific
Caecum planum		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL
Caecum plicatum	Plicate Caecum	Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL
Caecum pulchellum	Beautiful Caecum	Eastern Central Pacific a	0.45 DL
Caecum rapanuiense		Southeast Pacific
Caecum regulare		Western Central Atlantic	0.25 DL
Caecum rijgersmai		Western Atlantic.	0.25 DL
Caecum rostratum		Eastern Central Pacific
Caecum ryssotitum	Minute Caecum	Western Atlantic	0.23 DL
Caecum sepimentum		Eastern Central Pacific
Caecum someri		Western Atlantic.	0.26 DL
Caecum striatum		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL
Caecum strictum		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL
Caecum strigosum		Western Atlantic.	0.21 DL
Caecum subannulatum		Mediterranean Sea.
Caecum subornatum		Western Atlantic.	0.24 DL
Caecum subvolutum		Western Central Atlantic.	0.36 DL
Caecum taeniatum		Western Atlantic.
Caecum tenue		Western Atlantic.	0.16 DL
Caecum tenuicostatum		Western Atlantic.	0.35 DL
Caecum textile	Textile Caecum	Western Central Atlantic	0.22 DL
Caecum tinctum		Western Atlantic.
Caecum tornatum		Western Atlantic	0.33 DL
Caecum torquetum		Western Atlantic.	0.25 DL
Caecum tortile	Twisted Caecum	North America.	0.612 DL
Caecum trachea		Mediterranean Sea.
Caecum troglodyta		Western Atlantic.	0.28 DL
Caecum variegatum		Northwest Pacific
Caecum venosum		Western Atlantic.	0.13 DL
Caecum vertebrale		Western and Eastern Centr
Caecum vestitum	Vera cruz Caecum	Western Central Atlantic
Caecum zaagmani		Western Atlantic.	0.18 DL
Caecum zonulatum		Western Atlantic.
Fartulum magellanicum		Southeast Pacific and Wes	0.2 DL
Fartulum occidentale		Canada
Mauroceras legumen		Eastern Central Pacific
Mauroceras sandwichense		Eastern Central Pacific
Meioceras cornucopiae		Western Atlantic.	0.22 DL
Meioceras cubitatum	Smooth caecum	Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL
Meioceras nitidum	Little horn caecum	Western Atlantic	0.31 DL
Parastrophia asturiana		Mediterranean Sea.
Parastrophia cornucopiae		Western Pacific
Strebloceras subannulatum		Eastern Central Pacific

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