Fish Identification

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Fish Identification

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Non-fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Stichasteridae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Allostichaster peleensis []	No picture found Allostichaster polyplax []	No picture found Cosmasterias dyscrita [Cat's-foot star]
No picture found Cosmasterias lurida [Common Fjord starfish]	No picture found Granaster nutrix []	No picture found Neosmilaster georgianus []
No picture found Smilasterias scalprifera []	No picture found Smilasterias triremis []	No picture found Stichaster australis []
No picture found Stichaster striatus [Common light striated star]	No picture found Stichastrella rosea []

11 Species of Family Stichasteridae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution
Allostichaster peleensis		Eastern Central Pacific
Allostichaster polyplax		Western Pacific
Cosmasterias dyscrita	Cat's-foot star	Southwest Pacific
Cosmasterias lurida	Common Fjord starfish	Southeast Pacific, Southw
Granaster nutrix		Antarctic Atlantic
Neosmilaster georgianus		Antarctic Atlantic
Smilasterias scalprifera		Antarctic
Smilasterias triremis		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Stichaster australis		Southwest Pacific
Stichaster striatus	Common light striated star	Southern Ocean.
Stichastrella rosea		Northeast Atlantic

Other identification tools in SeaLifeBase

Quick Identification

Identification keys

Identification by morphometrics

Identification by pictures:

          If you already know the Family, go to Search SeaLifeBase, select Family and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in SeaLifeBase for the family.

          If you already know the Country, go to Search SeaLifeBase, select Country and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in SeaLifeBase for the country.

          If you already know the Ecosystem, go to Search SeaLifeBase, select Ecosystem and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in SeaLifeBase for the ecosystem.

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