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Family: Processidae night shrimp (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Ambidexter panamensis []	No picture found Ambidexter swifti []	No picture found Ambidexter symmetricus []
No picture found Hectarthropus expansus []	No picture found Nikoides boraboraensis []	No picture found Nikoides danae []
No picture found Nikoides gurneyi []	No picture found Nikoides maldivensis []	No picture found Nikoides schmitti []
No picture found Nikoides sibogae []	No picture found Nikoides steinii []	No picture found Processa aequimana []
No picture found Processa australiensis []	No picture found Processa bermudensis [Bermuda night shrimp]	Processa canaliculata [Processa shrimp]
No picture found Processa compacta []	No picture found Processa demani []	Processa edulis [Nika shrimp]
No picture found Processa fimbriata [Grass night shrimp]	No picture found Processa guyanae []	No picture found Processa hemphilli []
No picture found Processa japonica []	No picture found Processa macrophthalma []	No picture found Processa manningi []
No picture found Processa moana []	No picture found Processa modica []	No picture found Processa nouveli []
No picture found Processa parva []	No picture found Processa peruviana []	No picture found Processa profunda []
No picture found Processa pygmaea []	No picture found Processa riveroi []	No picture found Processa sulcata []
No picture found Processa tenuipes [Thinfoot night shrimp]	No picture found Processa vossi []	No picture found Processa wheeleri []
No picture found Processa zostericola []

37 Species of Family Processidae
(night shrimp)

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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Ambidexter panamensis		Eastern Pacific.
Ambidexter swifti		Eastern Pacific and Weste
Ambidexter symmetricus		Western Atlantic
Hectarthropus expansus		Western Central Pacific
Nikoides boraboraensis		Eastern Central Pacific
Nikoides danae		Central Pacific
Nikoides gurneyi		Western Central Pacific
Nikoides maldivensis		Eastern Indian Ocean
Nikoides schmitti		Western Central Atlantic.
Nikoides sibogae		Indo-West Pacific
Nikoides steinii		Indo-West Pacific
Processa aequimana		Indo-West Pacific
Processa australiensis		Indo-West Pacific
Processa bermudensis	Bermuda night shrimp	Southwest Atlantic
Processa canaliculata	Processa shrimp	Eastern Atlantic and the	7.5 TL
Processa compacta		Indo-West Pacific.
Processa demani		Western Pacific
Processa edulis	Nika shrimp	Eastern Atlantic and the	6 TL
Processa fimbriata	Grass night shrimp	Western Atlantic
Processa guyanae		Southwest Atlantic
Processa hemphilli		Western Atlantic.
Processa japonica		Indo-West Pacific
Processa macrophthalma		Atlantic Ocean and the Me
Processa manningi		Western Central Atlantic
Processa moana		Eastern Central Pacific
Processa modica		Mediterranean
Processa nouveli		Northeast Atlantic and th
Processa parva		Mediterranean Sea
Processa peruviana		Southeast Pacific
Processa profunda		Western Central Atlantic.
Processa pygmaea		Southeast Pacific
Processa riveroi		Western Central Atlantic
Processa sulcata		Indo-Pacific
Processa tenuipes	Thinfoot night shrimp	Western Central Atlantic.
Processa vossi		Western Central Atlantic.
Processa wheeleri		Western Central Atlantic
Processa zostericola		Western Central Pacific

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