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Family: Leptolaimidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Alaimella cincta []	No picture found Antomicron pellucidum []	No picture found Camacolaimoides praedator []
No picture found Camacolaimus exilis []	No picture found Camacolaimus tardus []	No picture found Dagda bipapillata []
No picture found Halaphanolaimus pellucidus []	No picture found Leptolaimoides thermastris []	No picture found Leptolaimus acicula []
No picture found Leptolaimus elegans []	No picture found Leptolaimus papilliger []	No picture found Leptolaimus setiger []
No picture found Leptolaimus venustus []	No picture found Nemella ocellata []	No picture found Onchium ocellatum []
No picture found Procamacolaimus dolichostylum []	No picture found Rhadinema flexile []	No picture found Stephanolaimus elegans []
No picture found Stephanolaimus flevensis []

19 Species of Family Leptolaimidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Alaimella cincta		Northeast Atlantic
Antomicron pellucidum		Northeast Atlantic
Camacolaimoides praedator		Northeast Atlantic
Camacolaimus exilis		Northeast Atlantic
Camacolaimus tardus		Northeast Atlantic
Dagda bipapillata		Northeast Atlantic
Halaphanolaimus pellucidus		Northeast Atlantic
Leptolaimoides thermastris		Northeast Atlantic
Leptolaimus acicula		Northeast Atlantic
Leptolaimus elegans		Northeast Atlantic
Leptolaimus papilliger		Northeast Atlantic
Leptolaimus setiger		Northeast Atlantic
Leptolaimus venustus		Northeast Atlantic
Nemella ocellata		Northeast Atlantic
Onchium ocellatum		Northeast Atlantic
Procamacolaimus dolichostylum		Antarctic Atlantic
Rhadinema flexile		Northeast Atlantic
Stephanolaimus elegans		Northeast Atlantic
Stephanolaimus flevensis		Northeast Atlantic

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