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Family: Chromadoridae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Actinonema longicaudatum []	No picture found Actinonema pachydermatum []	No picture found Atrochromadora denticulata []
No picture found Atrochromadora microlaima []	No picture found Atrochromadora parva []	No picture found Chromadora axi []
No picture found Chromadora buesumensis []	No picture found Chromadora kreisi []	No picture found Chromadora macrolaima []
No picture found Chromadora macrolaimoides []	No picture found Chromadora nudicapitata []	No picture found Chromadorella filiformis []
No picture found Chromadorina bioculata []	No picture found Chromadorina demani []	No picture found Chromadorina erythrophthalma []
No picture found Chromadorina germanica []	No picture found Chromadorina supralitoralis []	No picture found Chromadorina viridis []
No picture found Chromadorita abnormis []	No picture found Chromadorita guidoschneideri []	No picture found Chromadorita leuckarti []
No picture found Chromadorita tenuis []	No picture found Denticulella stygia []	No picture found Dichromadora cephalata []
No picture found Dichromadora hyalocheile []	No picture found Dichromadora microdonta []	No picture found Euchromadora meridiana []
No picture found Euchromadora vulgaris []	No picture found Hypodontolaimus balticus []	No picture found Hypodontolaimus inaequalis []
No picture found Hypodontolaimus schuurmansstekhoveni []	No picture found Hypodontolaimus setosus []	No picture found Innocuonema tentabunda []
No picture found Neochromadora izhorica []	No picture found Neochromadora munita []	No picture found Neochromadora poecilosoma []
No picture found Neochromadora poecilosomoides []	No picture found Neochromadora tecta []	No picture found Neochromadora trichophora []
No picture found Prochromadora orleji []	No picture found Prochromadorella attenuata []	No picture found Prochromadorella neopolitana []
No picture found Prochromadorella paramucrodonta []	No picture found Ptycholaimellus ponticus []	No picture found Punctodora ratzeburgensis []
No picture found Rhips ornata []	No picture found Spiliphera dolichura []	No picture found Spiliphera gracilicauda []
No picture found Spilophorella campbelli []	No picture found Spilophorella euxina []	No picture found Spilophorella papillata []
No picture found Spilophorella paradoxa []

52 Species of Family Chromadoridae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Actinonema longicaudatum		Southeast Pacific
Actinonema pachydermatum		Northwest Atlantic
Atrochromadora denticulata		Southeast Pacific
Atrochromadora microlaima		Northeast Atlantic
Atrochromadora parva		Northeast Atlantic
Chromadora axi		Northwest Atlantic
Chromadora buesumensis		Northeast Atlantic
Chromadora kreisi		Northeast Atlantic
Chromadora macrolaima		Northeast Atlantic
Chromadora macrolaimoides		Northwest to Southeast Pa
Chromadora nudicapitata		Pacific Ocean, Northeast
Chromadorella filiformis		Northeast Atlantic
Chromadorina bioculata		Northeast Atlantic
Chromadorina demani		Northeast Atlantic
Chromadorina erythrophthalma		Northeast Atlantic
Chromadorina germanica		Northeast Atlantic
Chromadorina supralitoralis		Northeast Atlantic
Chromadorina viridis		Northeast Atlantic
Chromadorita abnormis		Northeast Atlantic
Chromadorita guidoschneideri		Northeast Atlantic
Chromadorita leuckarti		Northeast Atlantic
Chromadorita tenuis		Northeast Atlantic
Denticulella stygia		Northeast Atlantic
Dichromadora cephalata		Northwest Atlantic
Dichromadora hyalocheile		Northeast Atlantic
Dichromadora microdonta		Northeast Atlantic
Euchromadora meridiana		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Euchromadora vulgaris		Northeast Atlantic
Hypodontolaimus balticus		Northeast Atlantic
Hypodontolaimus inaequalis		Northeast Atlantic
Hypodontolaimus schuurmansstekhoveni		Northeast Atlantic
Hypodontolaimus setosus		Northeast Atlantic
Innocuonema tentabunda		Northeast Atlantic
Neochromadora izhorica		Northeast Atlantic
Neochromadora munita		Northeast Atlantic
Neochromadora poecilosoma		Northwest Atlantic
Neochromadora poecilosomoides		Northeast Atlantic
Neochromadora tecta		Northeast Atlantic
Neochromadora trichophora		Northeast Atlantic
Prochromadora orleji		Northeast Atlantic
Prochromadorella attenuata		Northeast Atlantic
Prochromadorella neopolitana		Northern Atlantic
Prochromadorella paramucrodonta		Southeast Pacific and Nor
Ptycholaimellus ponticus		Northeast Atlantic
Punctodora ratzeburgensis		Northeast Atlantic
Rhips ornata		Northeast Atlantic
Spiliphera dolichura		Southeast Pacific and Nor
Spiliphera gracilicauda		Northeast Atlantic
Spilophorella campbelli		Northeast Atlantic
Spilophorella euxina		Southeast Pacific
Spilophorella papillata		Northeast Atlantic
Spilophorella paradoxa		Pacific, Atlantic Ocean,

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