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Family: Synopiidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Austrosyrrhoe fimbriatus []	No picture found Bruzelia pericu []	No picture found Bruzelia tuberculata []
No picture found Bruzeliopsis turba []	Cardenio paurodactylus []	No picture found Garosyrrhoe bigarra []
No picture found Garosyrrhoe luquei []	No picture found Metatiron bellairsi []	No picture found Metatiron triocellatus []
No picture found Metatiron tropakis []	No picture found Synopia ultramarina []	No picture found Syrrhoe crenulata []
No picture found Syrrhoe longifrons []	Syrrhoe nodulosa []	No picture found Syrrhoe petitaserrata []
Syrrhoe psychrophila []	Syrrhoites anaticauda []	No picture found Telosynopia variabilis []
No picture found Telsosynopia trifidilla []	No picture found Tiron acanthurus []	Tiron antarcticus []
No picture found Tiron biocellata []	No picture found Tiron spiniferum []	No picture found Tiron spiniferus []

24 Species of Family Synopiidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Austrosyrrhoe fimbriatus		Northeast Atlantic
Bruzelia pericu		Western Atlantic
Bruzelia tuberculata		Arctic and Northwest Atla
Bruzeliopsis turba		Western Atlantic
Cardenio paurodactylus		Southern Ocean
Garosyrrhoe bigarra		Western Atlantic
Garosyrrhoe luquei		Western Atlantic
Metatiron bellairsi		Western Atlantic
Metatiron triocellatus		Western Central Atlantic
Metatiron tropakis		Western Central Atlantic
Synopia ultramarina		Indo-West Pacific and Wes
Syrrhoe crenulata		Arctic and Northwest Atla
Syrrhoe longifrons		Canada
Syrrhoe nodulosa		Antarctic Atlantic
Syrrhoe petitaserrata		Western Central Pacific
Syrrhoe psychrophila		Antarctic Atlantic
Syrrhoites anaticauda		Antarctic Atlantic
Telosynopia variabilis		Western Central Pacific
Telsosynopia trifidilla		Western Central Pacific
Tiron acanthurus		Arctic and Northwest Atla
Tiron antarcticus		Antarctic Atlantic
Tiron biocellata		Canada
Tiron spiniferum		Northeast Atlantic and th
Tiron spiniferus		Northeast Atlantic

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