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Family: Podoceridae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Dulichia falcata []	No picture found Dulichia rhabdoplastis []	No picture found Dulichia spinosissima []
No picture found Dulichia tuberculata []	No picture found Dulichiopsis abyssi []	No picture found Dulichiopsis macera []
No picture found Dyopedos arcticus []	No picture found Dyopedos monacanthus []	No picture found Dyopedos normani []
No picture found Dyopedos porrectus []	No picture found Dyopedos spinosus []	No picture found Laetmatophilus armatus []
Neoxenodice cryophile []	No picture found Paradulichia typica []	No picture found Podocerus brasiliensis []
No picture found Podocerus capillimanus []	No picture found Podocerus casuarinensis []	No picture found Podocerus chelonophilus []
No picture found Podocerus crenulatus []	Podocerus cristatus []	No picture found Podocerus cuspiclunis []
No picture found Podocerus danae []	No picture found Podocerus hanapepe []	No picture found Podocerus inconspicuus []
No picture found Podocerus kleidus []	No picture found Podocerus laevis []	No picture found Podocerus ornatus []
Podocerus septemcarinatus []	No picture found Podocerus talegus []	No picture found Podocerus umigame []
No picture found Podocerus uncinatus []	No picture found Podocerus variegatus []	No picture found Podocerus walkeri []
No picture found Xenodice frauenfeldti []

34 Species of Family Podoceridae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Dulichia falcata		Arctic and Northern Atlan
Dulichia rhabdoplastis		Northeast Pacific
Dulichia spinosissima		Northeast Pacific
Dulichia tuberculata		Northeast Atlantic
Dulichiopsis abyssi		Arctic and Northwest Atla
Dulichiopsis macera		Northeast Atlantic
Dyopedos arcticus		Northeast Pacific
Dyopedos monacanthus		Arctic and Northern Atlan
Dyopedos normani		Northeast Pacific
Dyopedos porrectus		Arctic and Northern Atlan
Dyopedos spinosus		Arctic and Northwest Atla
Laetmatophilus armatus		Arctic and Northwest Atla
Neoxenodice cryophile		Antarctic Atlantic
Paradulichia typica		Arctic and Northwest Atla
Podocerus brasiliensis		Circumglobal. Tropical a
Podocerus capillimanus		Southern Oceans
Podocerus casuarinensis		Western Central Pacific
Podocerus chelonophilus		Atlantic, Mediterranean a
Podocerus crenulatus		Western Pacific
Podocerus cristatus		Western Atlantic and Anta
Podocerus cuspiclunis		Northwest Pacific
Podocerus danae		Southern Ocean
Podocerus hanapepe		Indo-West Pacific.
Podocerus inconspicuus		Northwest Pacific
Podocerus kleidus		Western Central Atlantic
Podocerus laevis		Western Central Pacific
Podocerus ornatus		Southern Oceans
Podocerus septemcarinatus		Antarctic Atlantic
Podocerus talegus		Western Central Pacific
Podocerus umigame		Northwest Pacific
Podocerus uncinatus		Western Central Pacific
Podocerus variegatus		Mediterranean Sea
Podocerus walkeri		Indo-West Pacific.
Xenodice frauenfeldti		Arctic and Northwest Atla

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