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Family: Nymphonidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Boreonymphon abyssorum []	No picture found Boreonymphon compactum []	No picture found Boreonymphon ossiansarsi []
No picture found Boreonymphon robustum []	No picture found Heteronymphon abyssale []	No picture found Heteronymphon bioculatum []
No picture found Heteronymphon birsteini []	No picture found Heteronymphon caecigenum []	No picture found Heteronymphon exiguum []
No picture found Heteronymphon horikoshii []	No picture found Heteronymphon krappi []	No picture found Heteronymphon ponsitor []
No picture found Heteronymphon profundum []	No picture found Neonymphon caecum []	No picture found Nymphon aculeatum []
No picture found Nymphon adami []	No picture found Nymphon adareanum []	No picture found Nymphon adenense []
No picture found Nymphon adenopus []	No picture found Nymphon aemulum []	No picture found Nymphon aequidigitatum []
No picture found Nymphon akanei []	No picture found Nymphon akanthochoeros []	No picture found Nymphon albatrossi []
No picture found Nymphon aldabraense []	No picture found Nymphon andamanense []	No picture found Nymphon andriashevi []
No picture found Nymphon angolense []	No picture found Nymphon apheles []	No picture found Nymphon apicatum []
No picture found Nymphon arabicum []	No picture found Nymphon arcuatum []	No picture found Nymphon aritai []
No picture found Nymphon articulare []	Nymphon australe []	No picture found Nymphon banzare []
No picture found Nymphon barnardi []	No picture found Nymphon basispinosum []	No picture found Nymphon benthos []
No picture found Nymphon bergi []	No picture found Nymphon biarticulatum []	No picture found Nymphon bicornum []
No picture found Nymphon biformidens []	No picture found Nymphon bigibbulare []	No picture found Nymphon biserratum []
No picture found Nymphon bouvieri []	No picture found Nymphon brachyrhynchum []	No picture found Nymphon braschnikowi []
No picture found Nymphon brevicaudatum []	No picture found Nymphon brevirostre []	No picture found Nymphon brevis []
No picture found Nymphon brevitarse []	No picture found Nymphon bucuspidum []	No picture found Nymphon bullatum []
No picture found Nymphon bunyipi []	No picture found Nymphon caementarum []	No picture found Nymphon caldarium []
No picture found Nymphon calypso []	No picture found Nymphon centrum []	No picture found Nymphon chaetochir []
No picture found Nymphon chainae []	No picture found Nymphon charcoti []	No picture found Nymphon citerium []
No picture found Nymphon clarencei []	No picture found Nymphon cognatum []	No picture found Nymphon comes []
No picture found Nymphon compactum []	No picture found Nymphon conirostrum []	No picture found Nymphon crenatiunguis []
No picture found Nymphon crosnieri []	No picture found Nymphon curvidens []	No picture found Nymphon dentiferum []
No picture found Nymphon diabolus []	No picture found Nymphon discorsicoxae []	No picture found Nymphon dissimilis []
No picture found Nymphon distensum []	No picture found Nymphon draconis []	No picture found Nymphon dubitabile []
No picture found Nymphon duospinum []	No picture found Nymphon elegans []	No picture found Nymphon elongatum []
No picture found Nymphon eltaninae []	No picture found Nymphon enteonum []	No picture found Nymphon falcatum []
No picture found Nymphon femorale []	No picture found Nymphon filatovae []	No picture found Nymphon floridanum []
No picture found Nymphon forceps []	No picture found Nymphon foresti []	No picture found Nymphon forticulum []
No picture found Nymphon fortunatum []	No picture found Nymphon foxi []	No picture found Nymphon frigidum []
No picture found Nymphon galatheae []	No picture found Nymphon gerlachei []	No picture found Nymphon giltayi []
No picture found Nymphon giraffa []	No picture found Nymphon glabrum []	Nymphon gracile []
No picture found Nymphon gracilipes []	No picture found Nymphon granulatum []	No picture found Nymphon grossipes []
No picture found Nymphon grus []	No picture found Nymphon gruveli []	No picture found Nymphon gruzovi []
No picture found Nymphon gunteri []	No picture found Nymphon hadale []	No picture found Nymphon hamatum []
No picture found Nymphon hampsoni []	No picture found Nymphon hedgpethi []	No picture found Nymphon heterodenticulatum []
No picture found Nymphon heterodentum []	No picture found Nymphon heterospinum []	No picture found Nymphon hiemale []
No picture found Nymphon hirsutum []	No picture found Nymphon hirtipes []	No picture found Nymphon hirtum []
No picture found Nymphon hodgsoni []	No picture found Nymphon immane []	No picture found Nymphon improcerum []
No picture found Nymphon inaequipes []	No picture found Nymphon inerme []	No picture found Nymphon inferum []
No picture found Nymphon infundibulum []	No picture found Nymphon inornatum []	No picture found Nymphon isaenki []
No picture found Nymphon japonicum []	No picture found Nymphon kensleyi []	No picture found Nymphon kodanii []
No picture found Nymphon kurilense []	No picture found Nymphon kurilokamchaticum []	No picture found Nymphon lanare []
No picture found Nymphon laterospinum []	No picture found Nymphon leptocheles []	No picture found Nymphon lituus []
No picture found Nymphon lobatum []	No picture found Nymphon lomani []	No picture found Nymphon longicaudatum []
No picture found Nymphon longicollum []	No picture found Nymphon longicoxa []	No picture found Nymphon longimanum []
No picture found Nymphon longispinum []	No picture found Nymphon longitarse []	No picture found Nymphon macabou []
No picture found Nymphon macilentum []	No picture found Nymphon macquariensis []	No picture found Nymphon macrochelatum []
No picture found Nymphon macronyx []	No picture found Nymphon macrum []	No picture found Nymphon maculatum []
No picture found Nymphon maldivense []	No picture found Nymphon maoriana []	No picture found Nymphon maruyamai []
No picture found Nymphon mauretanicum []	No picture found Nymphon megacheles []	No picture found Nymphon megalops []
No picture found Nymphon mendosum []	No picture found Nymphon microctenatum []	No picture found Nymphon microgracilipes []
No picture found Nymphon micronesicum []	No picture found Nymphon micronyx []	No picture found Nymphon micropedes []
No picture found Nymphon microrhynchum []	No picture found Nymphon microsetosum []	No picture found Nymphon modestum []
No picture found Nymphon molleri []	No picture found Nymphon molum []	No picture found Nymphon monothrix []
No picture found Nymphon multidens []	No picture found Nymphon multituberculatum []	No picture found Nymphon nakamurai []
No picture found Nymphon natalense []	No picture found Nymphon neelovi []	No picture found Nymphon neumayri []
No picture found Nymphon nipponense []	No picture found Nymphon novaecaledoniae []	No picture found Nymphon novaehollandiae []
No picture found Nymphon nugax []	No picture found Nymphon obesum []	No picture found Nymphon ochoticum []
No picture found Nymphon ohshimai []	No picture found Nymphon okudai []	No picture found Nymphon orcadense []
No picture found Nymphon ortmanni []	No picture found Nymphon pagophilum []	No picture found Nymphon paralobatum []
No picture found Nymphon parasiticum []	No picture found Nymphon parum []	No picture found Nymphon paucidens []
No picture found Nymphon paucituberculatum []	No picture found Nymphon pedunculatum []	No picture found Nymphon petri []
No picture found Nymphon pfefferi []	No picture found Nymphon phasmatodes []	No picture found Nymphon pilosum []
No picture found Nymphon pixellae [Giant sea spider]	No picture found Nymphon pleodon []	No picture found Nymphon polyglia []
No picture found Nymphon primacoxa []	No picture found Nymphon proceroides []	No picture found Nymphon procerum []
No picture found Nymphon profundum []	No picture found Nymphon prolatum []	No picture found Nymphon proximum []
No picture found Nymphon pseudogracilipes []	No picture found Nymphon puellula []	No picture found Nymphon pumillum []
No picture found Nymphon punctum []	No picture found Nymphon quadriclavus []	No picture found Nymphon residuum []
No picture found Nymphon rottnesti []	No picture found Nymphon rubrum []	No picture found Nymphon rybakovi []
No picture found Nymphon sabellum []	No picture found Nymphon sandersi []	No picture found Nymphon schimkewitschi []
No picture found Nymphon schmidti []	No picture found Nymphon scotiae []	No picture found Nymphon serratidentatum []
No picture found Nymphon serratum []	No picture found Nymphon setimanus []	No picture found Nymphon setipedes []
No picture found Nymphon signatum [Scarlet sea spider]	No picture found Nymphon simulatum []	No picture found Nymphon singulare []
No picture found Nymphon sluiteri []	No picture found Nymphon soyoi []	No picture found Nymphon spinifex []
No picture found Nymphon spiniventris []	No picture found Nymphon stenocheir []	No picture found Nymphon stipulum []
No picture found Nymphon stocki []	No picture found Nymphon striatum []	No picture found Nymphon stromi []
No picture found Nymphon subtile []	No picture found Nymphon surinamense []	No picture found Nymphon tanypalpes []
No picture found Nymphon tenellum []	No picture found Nymphon tenuipes []	No picture found Nymphon tripectinatum []
No picture found Nymphon trispinum []	No picture found Nymphon trituberculatum []	No picture found Nymphon tubiferum []
No picture found Nymphon typhlops []	No picture found Nymphon uncatum []	No picture found Nymphon unguiculatum []
No picture found Nymphon uniunguiculatum []	No picture found Nymphon vacans []	No picture found Nymphon villosum []
No picture found Nymphon vulcanellum []	No picture found Nymphon vulsum []	No picture found Nymphon walvisense []
No picture found Nymphon zundianum []	Pentanymphon antarcticum []	No picture found Pentanymphon minutum []
No picture found Sexanymphon mirabilis []

256 Species of Family Nymphonidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Boreonymphon abyssorum		Northeast Atlantic and Ar
Boreonymphon compactum		Northern Atlantic
Boreonymphon ossiansarsi		Arctic and Northeast Atla
Boreonymphon robustum		Arctic Ocean and Northwes
Heteronymphon abyssale		Western Central Atlantic
Heteronymphon bioculatum		Northern Pacific
Heteronymphon birsteini		Northeast Pacific.
Heteronymphon caecigenum		Southwest Atlantic	2.2 LS
Heteronymphon exiguum		Southwest Pacific and the	1.1 LS
Heteronymphon horikoshii		North Pacific
Heteronymphon krappi		Antarctic Ocean.
Heteronymphon ponsitor		Atlantic Ocean.
Heteronymphon profundum		Northwest Pacific
Neonymphon caecum		Western Central Atlantic
Nymphon aculeatum		Eastern Pacific and the A	9 LS
Nymphon adami		Eastern Central Atlantic
Nymphon adareanum		Antarctic
Nymphon adenense		Western Indian Ocean
Nymphon adenopus		Western Central Pacific
Nymphon aemulum		Western Central Atlantic
Nymphon aequidigitatum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Nymphon akanei		Northwest Pacific
Nymphon akanthochoeros		Northeast Atlantic
Nymphon albatrossi		Pacific Ocean.
Nymphon aldabraense		Western Indian Ocean
Nymphon andamanense		Eastern Indian Ocean
Nymphon andriashevi		Southern Atlantic and Ant
Nymphon angolense		Southeast Atlantic
Nymphon apheles		Eastern Central Pacific
Nymphon apicatum		Western Central Pacific
Nymphon arabicum		Western Indian Ocean
Nymphon arcuatum		Southeast Pacific and Sou
Nymphon aritai		Northwest Pacific
Nymphon articulare		Antarctica Atlantic	2.2 LS
Nymphon australe		Southeast Pacific, Wester
Nymphon banzare		Antarctic Atlantic and Pa
Nymphon barnardi		Western Indian Ocean
Nymphon basispinosum		Pacific Ocean
Nymphon benthos		Northwest Pacific
Nymphon bergi		Northwest Pacific
Nymphon biarticulatum		Antarctic.
Nymphon bicornum		Western Indian Ocean
Nymphon biformidens		Indo-West Pacific.
Nymphon bigibbulare		Northwest Pacific
Nymphon biserratum		Northwest Pacific
Nymphon bouvieri		Antarctic Atlantic
Nymphon brachyrhynchum		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Nymphon braschnikowi		Northwest Pacific
Nymphon brevicaudatum		Antarctic Atlantic and Pa
Nymphon brevirostre		Arctic, Northeast Atlanti
Nymphon brevis		Northwest Pacific
Nymphon brevitarse		Pacific and Arctic Oceans
Nymphon bucuspidum		Southwest Pacific	6 LS
Nymphon bullatum		Southwest Atlantic
Nymphon bunyipi		Eastern Indian Ocean
Nymphon caementarum		Eastern Central Pacific
Nymphon caldarium		Eastern Atlantic and West
Nymphon calypso		Eastern Atlantic
Nymphon centrum		Southwest Atlantic	2.35 LS
Nymphon chaetochir		Southwest Pacific
Nymphon chainae		Atlantic Ocean
Nymphon charcoti		Antarctic
Nymphon citerium		Northwest Pacific
Nymphon clarencei		Antarctic Pacific and Atl
Nymphon cognatum		Eastern Atlantic
Nymphon comes		Southeast Atlantic
Nymphon compactum		Southwest Pacific and Ant
Nymphon conirostrum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Nymphon crenatiunguis		Western Indian Ocean
Nymphon crosnieri		Western Indian Ocean
Nymphon curvidens		Eastern Atlantic
Nymphon dentiferum		Southwest Atlantic	4.8 LS
Nymphon diabolus		Indo-Pacific
Nymphon discorsicoxae		Southwest Atlantic
Nymphon dissimilis		Northern Pacific
Nymphon distensum		Western Indian Ocean
Nymphon draconis		Western Central Pacific
Nymphon dubitabile		Eastern Indian Ocean
Nymphon duospinum		Pacific Ocean
Nymphon elegans		Northeast Atlantic and th
Nymphon elongatum		Eastern Pacific
Nymphon eltaninae		Antarctic Pacific	5.5 LS
Nymphon enteonum		Western Indian Ocean.
Nymphon falcatum		Northwest Pacific
Nymphon femorale		Indo-Pacific
Nymphon filatovae		Southwest Atlantic and th
Nymphon floridanum		Western Central Atlantic.
Nymphon forceps		Northwest Pacific
Nymphon foresti		Eastern Atlantic
Nymphon forticulum		Antarctic Atlantic	2.25 LS
Nymphon fortunatum		Western Central Pacific
Nymphon foxi		Western Indian Ocean
Nymphon frigidum		Antarctic Pacific
Nymphon galatheae		Southwest Pacific and the
Nymphon gerlachei		Antarctic Pacific and Atl
Nymphon giltayi		Western Atlantic
Nymphon giraffa		Central Indo-West Pacific
Nymphon glabrum		Atlantic Antarctic
Nymphon gracile		Northeast Atlantic
Nymphon gracilipes		Indo-West Pacific and the
Nymphon granulatum		Western Indian Ocean
Nymphon grossipes		Northern Atlantic, Northe
Nymphon grus		Central Indo-West Pacific
Nymphon gruveli		Eastern Atlantic
Nymphon gruzovi		Southwest Atlantic and An
Nymphon gunteri		Northwest Pacific
Nymphon hadale		Antarctic Atlantic.
Nymphon hamatum		Southern Indian Ocean and
Nymphon hampsoni		Southwest Atlantic and An
Nymphon hedgpethi		Central Indo-West Pacific
Nymphon heterodenticulatum		Eastern Pacific
Nymphon heterodentum		Western Indian Ocean
Nymphon heterospinum		Northwest Pacific
Nymphon hiemale		Antarctic Atlantic and Pa	8.1 LS
Nymphon hirsutum		Northwest Pacific	1.25 TRKL
Nymphon hirtipes		Arctic and Northern Atlan
Nymphon hirtum		Arctic Ocean and Northern
Nymphon hodgsoni		Northwest Pacific
Nymphon immane		Southwest Pacific
Nymphon improcerum		Northwest Pacific
Nymphon inaequipes		Southwest Atlantic
Nymphon inerme		Southwest Pacific, Easter
Nymphon inferum		Southwest Atlantic and An
Nymphon infundibulum		Northwest Pacific (Kii St
Nymphon inornatum		Atlantic Antarctic.	2.47 LS
Nymphon isaenki		Southern Indian Ocean and
Nymphon japonicum		Northwest Pacific
Nymphon kensleyi		Western Central Atlantic
Nymphon kodanii		Northwest Pacific
Nymphon kurilense		Northwest Pacific
Nymphon kurilokamchaticum		Northern Pacific
Nymphon lanare		Antarctic
Nymphon laterospinum		Northern Atlantic and Ind
Nymphon leptocheles		Arctic and Northern Atlan
Nymphon lituus		Eastern Pacific
Nymphon lobatum		Southeast Atlantic
Nymphon lomani		Antarctic Pacific and Ind
Nymphon longicaudatum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Nymphon longicollum		Southwest Pacific and the
Nymphon longicoxa		Southwest Atlantic, South
Nymphon longimanum		Arctic Ocean and Northern
Nymphon longispinum		Northwest Pacific
Nymphon longitarse		Northwest Pacific, Arctic
Nymphon macabou		Western Central Atlantic
Nymphon macilentum		Central Indo-West Pacific
Nymphon macquariensis		Southwest Pacific	0.9 LS
Nymphon macrochelatum		Antarctic Pacific
Nymphon macronyx		Northeast Atlantic and Ar
Nymphon macrum		Arctic and Atlantic Ocean
Nymphon maculatum		Western Indian Ocean
Nymphon maldivense		Western Indian Ocean
Nymphon maoriana		Southwest Pacific
Nymphon maruyamai		Northwest Pacific
Nymphon mauretanicum		Eastern Central Atlantic
Nymphon megacheles		Western Central Pacific	0.88 LS
Nymphon megalops		Arctic Ocean and Northern
Nymphon mendosum		Circumpolar.
Nymphon microctenatum		Western Indian Ocean
Nymphon microgracilipes		Southern Indian Ocean and
Nymphon micronesicum		Western Central Atlantic
Nymphon micronyx		Arctic Ocean, Northeast A
Nymphon micropedes		Northwest Pacific
Nymphon microrhynchum		Arctic Ocean (in mari car
Nymphon microsetosum		Eastern Pacific
Nymphon modestum		Southeast Atlantic
Nymphon molleri		Indo-West Pacific
Nymphon molum		Eastern Pacific
Nymphon monothrix		Antarctic Pacific	6.1 LS
Nymphon multidens		Antarctic Atlantic and Pa
Nymphon multituberculatum		Antarctic Atlantic
Nymphon nakamurai		Western Central Pacific a
Nymphon natalense		Western Indian Ocean
Nymphon neelovi		Antarctic
Nymphon neumayri		Antarctic Atlantic
Nymphon nipponense		Northwest Pacific
Nymphon novaecaledoniae		Western Central Pacific
Nymphon novaehollandiae		Eastern Indian Ocean
Nymphon nugax		Eastern Central Atlantic
Nymphon obesum		Western Indian Ocean
Nymphon ochoticum		Northwest Pacific
Nymphon ohshimai		Northwest Pacific
Nymphon okudai		Northwest Pacific
Nymphon orcadense		Southwest Atlantic and An
Nymphon ortmanni		Northwest Pacific
Nymphon pagophilum		Antarctic Atlantic	4.4 LS
Nymphon paralobatum		Western Indian Ocean
Nymphon parasiticum		Eastern Atlantic and Medi
Nymphon parum		Western Central Pacific
Nymphon paucidens		Pacific Ocean and Antarct	2.8 LS
Nymphon paucituberculatum		Antarctic and Sub Antarct
Nymphon pedunculatum		Western Indian Ocean
Nymphon petri		Southern Atlantic.
Nymphon pfefferi		Southeast Pacific and Ant
Nymphon phasmatodes		Southeast Atlantic
Nymphon pilosum		Western Indian Ocean
Nymphon pixellae	Giant sea spider	Eastern Pacific
Nymphon pleodon		Western Indian Ocean
Nymphon polyglia		Northwest Pacific
Nymphon primacoxa		Western Indian Ocean
Nymphon proceroides		Antarctic Atlantic	3.8 LS
Nymphon procerum		Southern Atlantic and the
Nymphon profundum		Pacific Ocean
Nymphon prolatum		Eastern Central Atlantic
Nymphon proximum		Antarctic Atlantic and Pa
Nymphon pseudogracilipes		Antarctic
Nymphon puellula		Mediterranean
Nymphon pumillum		Northwest Pacific
Nymphon punctum		Southwest Pacific	2.5 LS
Nymphon quadriclavus		Northwest Pacific
Nymphon residuum		Western Indian Ocean
Nymphon rottnesti		Eastern Indian Ocean
Nymphon rubrum		Northern Atlantic and Arc
Nymphon rybakovi		Southern Atlantic and Ant
Nymphon sabellum		Southeast Pacific.	3.06 LS
Nymphon sandersi		Southwest Atlantic
Nymphon schimkewitschi		Arctic Ocean and Northern
Nymphon schmidti		Northwest Pacific
Nymphon scotiae		Antarctic Atlantic and So
Nymphon serratidentatum		Western Indian Ocean
Nymphon serratum		Arctic and Northern Atlan
Nymphon setimanus		Western Indian Ocean
Nymphon setipedes		Western Central Atlantic
Nymphon signatum	Scarlet sea spider	Western Indian Ocean
Nymphon simulatum		Northwest Pacific
Nymphon singulare		Southwest Pacific
Nymphon sluiteri		Circum-arctic
Nymphon soyoi		Northwest Pacific
Nymphon spinifex		Western Central Pacific
Nymphon spiniventris		Central Indo-West Pacific
Nymphon stenocheir		Northern Atlantic
Nymphon stipulum		Eastern Pacific
Nymphon stocki		Northwest Pacific
Nymphon striatum		Northwest Pacific
Nymphon stromi		Atlantic and the Arctic.
Nymphon subtile		Southwest Atlantic, South	0.27 TRKL
Nymphon surinamense		Western Central Atlantic
Nymphon tanypalpes		Western Indian Ocean
Nymphon tenellum		Northern Atlantic. Borea
Nymphon tenuipes		Antarctic Atlantic and Pa	3.8 LS
Nymphon tripectinatum		Northwest Pacific
Nymphon trispinum		Southwest Pacific	4.63 LS
Nymphon trituberculatum		Eastern Indian Ocean	5 LS
Nymphon tubiferum		Northeast Atlantic
Nymphon typhlops		Antarctic, Southwest Atla
Nymphon uncatum		Southwest Pacific	17.3 LS
Nymphon unguiculatum		Antarctic Atlantic
Nymphon uniunguiculatum		Northwest Pacific
Nymphon vacans		Southwest Atlantic	3.6 LS
Nymphon villosum		Antarctic Pacific.
Nymphon vulcanellum		Southwest Atlantic
Nymphon vulsum		Western Central Atlantic.
Nymphon walvisense		Southeast Atlantic
Nymphon zundianum		Southern Atlantic and Ant
Pentanymphon antarcticum		Southwest Pacific and Ant
Pentanymphon minutum		Antarctic
Sexanymphon mirabilis		Antarctic Atlantic

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