Fish Identification

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Fish Identification

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Family: Dicyemidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Dicyema acciacatum []	No picture found Dicyema acheroni []	No picture found Dicyema acuticephalum []
No picture found Dicyema aegira []	No picture found Dicyema apalachiensis []	No picture found Dicyema apollyoni []
No picture found Dicyema australis []	No picture found Dicyema balamuthi []	No picture found Dicyema balanocephalum []
No picture found Dicyema banyulensis []	No picture found Dicyema benedeni []	No picture found Dicyema bilobum []
No picture found Dicyema briarei []	No picture found Dicyema caudatum []	No picture found Dicyema clavatum []
No picture found Dicyema codonocephalum []	No picture found Dicyema colurum []	No picture found Dicyema dolichocephalum []
No picture found Dicyema erythrum []	No picture found Dicyema hadrum []	No picture found Dicyema japonicum []
No picture found Dicyema leiocephalum []	No picture found Dicyema lycidoeceum []	No picture found Dicyema macrocephalum []
No picture found Dicyema megalocephalum []	No picture found Dicyema microcephalum []	No picture found Dicyema misakiense []
No picture found Dicyema monodi []	No picture found Dicyema moschatum []	No picture found Dicyema oligomerum []
No picture found Dicyema orientale []	No picture found Dicyema paradoxum []	No picture found Dicyema platycephalum []
No picture found Dicyema rhadinum []	No picture found Dicyema rondeletiolae []	No picture found Dicyema schulzianum []
No picture found Dicyema shimantoense []	No picture found Dicyema shorti []	No picture found Dicyema sphyrocephalum []
No picture found Dicyema sullivani []	No picture found Dicyema truncatum []	No picture found Dicyema typoides []
No picture found Dicyema typus []	No picture found Dicyema whitmani []	No picture found Dicyemennea abasi []
No picture found Dicyemennea abbreviata []	No picture found Dicyemennea abelis []	No picture found Dicyemennea abreida []
No picture found Dicyemennea adscita []	No picture found Dicyemennea antarcticensis []	No picture found Dicyemennea bathybenthum []
No picture found Dicyemennea brevicephala []	No picture found Dicyemennea brevicephaloides []	No picture found Dicyemennea californica []
No picture found Dicyemennea canadensis []	No picture found Dicyemennea curta []	No picture found Dicyemennea discocephalum []
No picture found Dicyemennea dogieli []	No picture found Dicyemennea dorycephalum []	No picture found Dicyemennea eledones []
No picture found Dicyemennea eltanini []	No picture found Dicyemennea filiformis []	No picture found Dicyemennea gracile []
No picture found Dicyemennea granularis []	No picture found Dicyemennea gyrinodes []	No picture found Dicyemennea lameerei []
No picture found Dicyemennea loninucleata []	No picture found Dicyemennea mastigoides []	No picture found Dicyemennea minabense []
No picture found Dicyemennea nouveli []	No picture found Dicyemennea ophioides []	No picture found Dicyemennea pileum []
No picture found Dicyemennea rossiae []	No picture found Dicyemennea trochocephalum []	No picture found Dicyemodeca anthinocephalum []
No picture found Dicyemodeca sceptrum []	No picture found Pleodicyema delamarei []	No picture found Pseudicyema nakaoi []
No picture found Pseudicyema truncatum []

79 Species of Family Dicyemidae
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Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Dicyema acciacatum	Eastern Central Pacific
Dicyema acheroni	Eastern Pacific
Dicyema acuticephalum	Northwest Pacific
Dicyema aegira	Western Central Atlantic
Dicyema apalachiensis	Western Central Atlantic.
Dicyema apollyoni	Northeast Pacific
Dicyema australis	Southwest Atlantic
Dicyema balamuthi	Eastern Central Pacific
Dicyema balanocephalum	Northwest Pacific	0.15 TL
Dicyema banyulensis	Mediterranean.
Dicyema benedeni	Mediterranean.
Dicyema bilobum	Western Central Atlantic
Dicyema briarei	Western Central Atlantic
Dicyema caudatum	Northwest Pacific.
Dicyema clavatum	Northwest Pacific
Dicyema codonocephalum	Northwest Pacific
Dicyema colurum	Northwest Pacific
Dicyema dolichocephalum	Northwest Pacific
Dicyema erythrum	Northwest Pacific
Dicyema hadrum	Northwest Pacific
Dicyema japonicum	Northwest Pacific
Dicyema leiocephalum	Northwest Pacific	0.2 TL
Dicyema lycidoeceum	Northwest Pacific
Dicyema macrocephalum	Northeast Atlantic and th
Dicyema megalocephalum	Eastern Central Atlantic.
Dicyema microcephalum	Mediterranean.
Dicyema misakiense	Northwest Pacific
Dicyema monodi	Eastern Central Atlantic
Dicyema moschatum	Mediterranean.
Dicyema oligomerum	Northwest Pacific.
Dicyema orientale	Northwest Pacific
Dicyema paradoxum	Northeast Atlantic and th
Dicyema platycephalum	Southwest Atlantic.
Dicyema rhadinum	Northwest Pacific
Dicyema rondeletiolae	Mediterranean.
Dicyema schulzianum	Northeast Atlantic and th
Dicyema shimantoense	Northwest Pacific
Dicyema shorti	Western Central Atlantic
Dicyema sphyrocephalum	Northwest Pacific
Dicyema sullivani	Eastern Central Pacific
Dicyema truncatum	Northeast Atlantic.
Dicyema typoides	Western Central Atlantic
Dicyema typus	Northeast Atlantic and th
Dicyema whitmani	Northeast Atlantic and th
Dicyemennea abasi	Eastern Pacific
Dicyemennea abbreviata	Eastern Pacific
Dicyemennea abelis	Eastern Pacific
Dicyemennea abreida	Northeast Pacific
Dicyemennea adscita	Northeast Pacific
Dicyemennea antarcticensis	Antarctic
Dicyemennea bathybenthum	Antarctic Atlantic
Dicyemennea brevicephala	Northeast Pacific
Dicyemennea brevicephaloides	Northeast Pacific
Dicyemennea californica	Northeast Pacific (Ref. 1
Dicyemennea canadensis	Northwest Atlantic
Dicyemennea curta	Northwest Pacific (Ref. 1
Dicyemennea discocephalum	Antarctic Atlantic
Dicyemennea dogieli	Northwest Pacific (Ref. 1
Dicyemennea dorycephalum	Antarctic Atlantic
Dicyemennea eledones	Northeast Atlantic
Dicyemennea eltanini	Antarctic Atlantic
Dicyemennea filiformis	Northeast Pacific
Dicyemennea gracile	Northeast Atlantic and th
Dicyemennea granularis	Eastern Pacific
Dicyemennea gyrinodes	Northwest Pacific
Dicyemennea lameerei	Northeast Atlantic and th
Dicyemennea loninucleata	Northwest Pacific (Ref. 1
Dicyemennea mastigoides	Northwest Pacific
Dicyemennea minabense	Northwest Pacific
Dicyemennea nouveli	Northeast Pacific
Dicyemennea ophioides	Northwest Pacific
Dicyemennea pileum	Northwest Pacific
Dicyemennea rossiae	Northwest Pacific (Ref. 1
Dicyemennea trochocephalum	Northwest Pacific
Dicyemodeca anthinocephalum	Northwest Pacific
Dicyemodeca sceptrum	Northeast Pacific.
Pleodicyema delamarei	Mediterranean
Pseudicyema nakaoi	Northwest Pacific
Pseudicyema truncatum	Northeast Atlantic and t

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