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Family: Lampropidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Bathylamprops calmani []	No picture found Bathylamprops natalensis []	No picture found Bathylamprops scaber []
No picture found Ceratocuma erinacea []	No picture found Ceratocuma horridum []	No picture found Dasylamprops guanchi []
No picture found Hemilamprops abyssi []	No picture found Hemilamprops assimilis []	No picture found Hemilamprops bicarinata []
No picture found Hemilamprops bigibbus []	No picture found Hemilamprops californicus []	No picture found Hemilamprops cristatus []
No picture found Hemilamprops diversus []	No picture found Hemilamprops glabrus []	No picture found Hemilamprops gracilis []
No picture found Hemilamprops izuanus []	No picture found Hemilamprops japonicus []	No picture found Hemilamprops latus []
No picture found Hemilamprops longisetae []	No picture found Hemilamprops lotusae []	No picture found Hemilamprops miyakei []
No picture found Hemilamprops normani []	No picture found Hemilamprops pacificus []	No picture found Hemilamprops pectinatus []
No picture found Hemilamprops pellucidus []	No picture found Hemilamprops rosea []	No picture found Hemilamprops roseus []
No picture found Hemilamprops serrulatus []	No picture found Hemilamprops tanseianus []	No picture found Hemilamprops ultimaespei []
No picture found Hemilamprops uniplicata []	No picture found Hemilamprops uniplicatus []	No picture found Lamprops affinis []
No picture found Lamprops beringi []	No picture found Lamprops carinata []	No picture found Lamprops carinatus []
No picture found Lamprops comatus []	No picture found Lamprops fasciata []	No picture found Lamprops fasciatus []
No picture found Lamprops flavus []	No picture found Lamprops fuscata []	No picture found Lamprops fuscatus []
No picture found Lamprops korroensis []	No picture found Lamprops multifasciatus []	No picture found Lamprops obfuscatus []
No picture found Lamprops profundus []	No picture found Lamprops pumilio []	No picture found Lamprops quadriplicata []
No picture found Lamprops sarsi []	No picture found Lamprops serratus []	No picture found Lamprops tomalesi []
No picture found Lamprops triserratus []	No picture found Mesolamprops abyssalis []	No picture found Mesolamprops bispinosus []
No picture found Mesolamprops denticulatus []	No picture found Mesolamprops dillonensis []	No picture found Misceolamprops dolorsae []
No picture found Murilamprops brasiliensis []	No picture found Paralamprops arafurensis []	No picture found Paralamprops aspera []
No picture found Paralamprops caudodentatus []	No picture found Paralamprops corollifera []	No picture found Paralamprops crosnieri []
No picture found Paralamprops grimaldii []	No picture found Paralamprops margidens []	No picture found Paralamprops mawsoni []
No picture found Paralamprops pacificus []	No picture found Paralamprops peringueyi []	No picture found Paralamprops rossi []
No picture found Paralamprops semiornatus []	No picture found Paralamprops serratocostatus []	No picture found Platysympus brachyurus []
No picture found Platysympus camelus []	No picture found Platysympus compressus []	No picture found Platysympus depressus []
No picture found Platysympus japonicus []	No picture found Platysympus muranoi []	No picture found Platysympus ovalis []
No picture found Platysympus phylloides []	No picture found Platysympus quadrangulatus []	No picture found Platysympus typicus []
No picture found Platytyphlops lathierae []	No picture found Pseudodiastylis benthedii []	No picture found Pseudodiastylis delamarei []
No picture found Pseudodiastylis ferox []	No picture found Pseudolamprops spinifer []	No picture found Stenotyphlops spinulosus []

87 Species of Family Lampropidae
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Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Bathylamprops calmani	Western Indian Ocean
Bathylamprops natalensis	Southeast Atlantic
Bathylamprops scaber	Western Central Pacific	1.37 TL
Ceratocuma erinacea	Western Indian Ocean
Ceratocuma horridum	Atlantic Ocean
Dasylamprops guanchi	Western Central Atlantic
Hemilamprops abyssi	North Pacific Ocean.
Hemilamprops assimilis	Northeast Atlantic
Hemilamprops bicarinata	Western Indian Ocean
Hemilamprops bigibbus	North Pacific Ocean.
Hemilamprops californicus	Northwest Pacific
Hemilamprops cristatus	Arctic, Northern Atlantic
Hemilamprops diversus	Southwest Pacific
Hemilamprops glabrus	Southeast Atlantic
Hemilamprops gracilis	Northern Pacific
Hemilamprops izuanus	Western Central Pacific
Hemilamprops japonicus	North Pacific Ocean.
Hemilamprops latus	Eastern Indian Ocean
Hemilamprops longisetae	Western Central Pacific	0.83 TL
Hemilamprops lotusae	Sub-Antarctic
Hemilamprops miyakei	Northwest Pacific
Hemilamprops normani	East Atlantic and the Med
Hemilamprops pacificus	Western Central Pacific
Hemilamprops pectinatus	Northwest Pacific
Hemilamprops pellucidus	Southwest Atlantic and An
Hemilamprops rosea	Northeast Atlantic
Hemilamprops roseus	North East Atlantic.
Hemilamprops serrulatus	Sub-Antarctic
Hemilamprops tanseianus	Northwest Pacific
Hemilamprops ultimaespei	Southeast Pacific, Southw
Hemilamprops uniplicata	Arctic and Northwest Atla
Hemilamprops uniplicatus	Arctic and Northeast Atla
Lamprops affinis	Russia.
Lamprops beringi	Northwest Pacific.
Lamprops carinata	Northeast Pacific and the
Lamprops carinatus	Northeast Pacific
Lamprops comatus	Antarctica.
Lamprops fasciata	Northeast Pacific, Northe
Lamprops fasciatus	Northeast Atlantic and Ar
Lamprops flavus	Western Central Pacific
Lamprops fuscata	Northeast Pacific, Northe
Lamprops fuscatus	Northeast Atlantic
Lamprops korroensis	Russia, Sea of Okhotsk an
Lamprops multifasciatus	Boreal Pacific
Lamprops obfuscatus	Eastern Central Pacific
Lamprops profundus	Eastern Central Atlantic
Lamprops pumilio	Sea of Okhotsk.
Lamprops quadriplicata	Northwest Atlantic, North
Lamprops sarsi	Northern Pacific and the
Lamprops serratus	Boreal Pacific
Lamprops tomalesi	Eastern Central Pacific
Lamprops triserratus	Eastern Central Pacific
Mesolamprops abyssalis	Tropical and subtropical
Mesolamprops bispinosus	Eastern Central Pacific
Mesolamprops denticulatus	Endemic to the Mediterran
Mesolamprops dillonensis	Eastern Central Pacific
Misceolamprops dolorsae	Western Central Pacific	0.81 TL
Murilamprops brasiliensis	Eastern Central Atlantic
Paralamprops arafurensis	Indonesia.
Paralamprops aspera	Antarctic.
Paralamprops caudodentatus	Western Central Pacific	2.59 TL
Paralamprops corollifera	Northwest Pacific
Paralamprops crosnieri	Western Central Pacific	0.875 TL
Paralamprops grimaldii	Northeast Atlantic
Paralamprops margidens	South Africa.
Paralamprops mawsoni	Antarctic Indian Ocean
Paralamprops pacificus	Western Central Pacific	1.08 TL
Paralamprops peringueyi	Southeast Atlantic
Paralamprops rossi	Antarctic.
Paralamprops semiornatus	Northeast Atlantic
Paralamprops serratocostatus	Antarctic Indian Ocean
Platysympus brachyurus	Antarctica.
Platysympus camelus	Southeast Atlantic
Platysympus compressus	Southeast Atlantic
Platysympus depressus	Southeast Atlantic
Platysympus japonicus	Western Central Pacific
Platysympus muranoi	Northwest Pacific
Platysympus ovalis	Northwest Pacific
Platysympus phylloides	Southeast Atlantic
Platysympus quadrangulatus	Northwest Pacific
Platysympus typicus	Mediterranean Sea.
Platytyphlops lathierae	Eastern Central Atlantic
Pseudodiastylis benthedii	Western Indian Ocean
Pseudodiastylis delamarei	Southwest Atlantic
Pseudodiastylis ferox	Western Central Pacific
Pseudolamprops spinifer	Northwest Pacific
Stenotyphlops spinulosus	Southeast Atlantic

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