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Family: Hormosinidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Hormosina bacillaris []	No picture found Hormosina globulifera []	Hormosina normani []
No picture found Hormosina pilulifera []	No picture found Hormosinella carpenteri []	No picture found Hormosinella distans []
No picture found Hormosinella gracilis []	No picture found Hormosinella ovicula []	Pseudonodosinella nodulosa []
No picture found Reophax adunca []	No picture found Reophax agglutinatus []	No picture found Reophax communis []
No picture found Reophax curtus []	No picture found Reophax dentaliniformis []	No picture found Reophax fusiformis []
No picture found Reophax irregularis []	No picture found Reophax longicollaris []	No picture found Reophax nana []
No picture found Reophax pseudodistans []	No picture found Reophax scorpiurus []	No picture found Reophax spiculifer []
No picture found Reophax spiculotestus []	No picture found Reophax subfusiformis []

23 Species of Family Hormosinidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Hormosina bacillaris		Western Central Pacific.
Hormosina globulifera		Arctic
Hormosina normani		Arctic and Antarctic Atla
Hormosina pilulifera		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Hormosinella carpenteri		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Hormosinella distans		Antarctic
Hormosinella gracilis		Indo-West Pacific.
Hormosinella ovicula		Western Central Pacific a
Pseudonodosinella nodulosa		Arctic and Antarctic
Reophax adunca		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Reophax agglutinatus		Western Central Pacific.
Reophax communis		Western Central Pacific.
Reophax curtus		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Reophax dentaliniformis		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Reophax fusiformis		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Reophax irregularis		Western Central Pacific.
Reophax longicollaris		Western Central Pacific.
Reophax nana		Western Central Pacific.
Reophax pseudodistans		Western Central Pacific.
Reophax scorpiurus		Arctic, Indo-West Pacific
Reophax spiculifer		Antarctic
Reophax spiculotestus		Western Central Pacific.
Reophax subfusiformis		Western Central Pacific a

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