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Family: Linhomoeidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Anticyathus primitivus []	No picture found Coninckia circularis []	No picture found Desmolaimus bulbulus []
No picture found Desmolaimus zeelandicus []	No picture found Disconema suecicum []	No picture found Eleutherolaimus stenosoma []
No picture found Eumorpholaimus macrocirculus []	No picture found Linhomoeus elongatus []	No picture found Linhomoeus hirsutus []
No picture found Metalinhomoeus filiformis []	No picture found Metalinhomoeus setosus []	No picture found Paralinhomoeus lepturus []
No picture found Paralinhomoeus meridionalis []	No picture found Paralinhomoeus tenuicaudatus []	No picture found Sarsonia leptosoma []
No picture found Terschellingia communis []	No picture found Terschellingia longicaudata []

17 Species of Family Linhomoeidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Anticyathus primitivus		Northeast Atlantic
Coninckia circularis		Northeast Atlantic
Desmolaimus bulbulus		Northeast Atlantic
Desmolaimus zeelandicus		Northeast Atlantic
Disconema suecicum		Northeast Atlantic
Eleutherolaimus stenosoma		Northwest Atlantic
Eumorpholaimus macrocirculus		Northeast Atlantic
Linhomoeus elongatus		Northeast Atlantic
Linhomoeus hirsutus		Northeast Atlantic
Metalinhomoeus filiformis		Northeast Atlantic
Metalinhomoeus setosus		Northwest Atlantic.
Paralinhomoeus lepturus		Northeast Atlantic
Paralinhomoeus meridionalis		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Paralinhomoeus tenuicaudatus		Northeast Atlantic
Sarsonia leptosoma		Northeast Atlantic
Terschellingia communis		Northeast Atlantic
Terschellingia longicaudata		Northwest Atlantic

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