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Family: Aegidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Aega alazon []	No picture found Aega antarctica []	No picture found Aega antillensis []
No picture found Aega banda []	No picture found Aega birubi []	No picture found Aega coroo []
No picture found Aega deshaysiana []	No picture found Aega ecarinata []	No picture found Aega excisa []
No picture found Aega falcata []	No picture found Aega falklandica []	No picture found Aega glacialis []
No picture found Aega gracilipes []	No picture found Aega hamiota []	No picture found Aega japonica []
No picture found Aega kixalles []	No picture found Aega kwazulu []	No picture found Aega leptonica []
No picture found Aega magnifica []	No picture found Aega monophthalma [Fish biter]	No picture found Aega musorstom []
No picture found Aega nodosa []	No picture found Aega novizealandiae []	No picture found Aega plebeia []
No picture found Aega psora []	No picture found Aega rickbruscai []	No picture found Aega rosacea []
Aega semicarinata []	No picture found Aega sheni []	No picture found Aega symmetrica []
No picture found Aega trulla []	No picture found Aega umpara []	No picture found Aega urotoma []
No picture found Aega vigilans []	No picture found Aega warna []	No picture found Aegapheles kixalles []
No picture found Aegapheles musorstom []	No picture found Aegapheles rickbruscai []	Aegiochus antarctica []
No picture found Alitropus typus []	No picture found Rocinela americana []	No picture found Rocinela angustata []
No picture found Rocinela belliceps []	No picture found Rocinela cornuta []	No picture found Rocinela damnoniensis []
No picture found Rocinela danmoniensis []	No picture found Rocinela dumerilii []	No picture found Rocinela insularis []
No picture found Rocinela orientalis []	No picture found Rocinela propodialis [Pink parasitic isopod]	No picture found Rocinela signata []
No picture found Rocinela tuberculosa []	No picture found Syscenus infelix []	No picture found Syscenus intermedius []
No picture found Syscenus karu []	No picture found Syscenus latus []	No picture found Syscenus moana []
No picture found Syscenus pacificus []	No picture found Syscenus peruanus []

59 Species of Family Aegidae
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Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Aega alazon		Southern Atlantic to Indo	5.8 TL
Aega antarctica		Northeast Atlantic and th
Aega antillensis		Western Central Atlantic	3.8 TL
Aega banda		Indo-West Pacific	5 TL
Aega birubi		Southwest Pacific	3.9 TL
Aega coroo		Western Pacific
Aega deshaysiana		Eastern Atlantic and the	3.6 TL
Aega ecarinata		Bahamas.
Aega excisa		Western Pacific	3.6 TL
Aega falcata		Northwest Pacific
Aega falklandica		Southwest Atlantic and An
Aega glacialis		Antarctica.
Aega gracilipes		Scotland.
Aega hamiota		Western Central Pacific	3.5 TL
Aega japonica		Northwest Pacific	5.4 TL
Aega kixalles		Western Central Pacific
Aega kwazulu		Western Indian Ocean	3.9 TL
Aega leptonica		Florida, USA.
Aega magnifica		Southern Atlantic to Chil
Aega monophthalma	Fish biter	Western Central Pacific a
Aega musorstom		Western Central Pacific	3.9 TL
Aega nodosa		Eastern Indian Ocean
Aega novizealandiae		Southwest Pacific
Aega plebeia		Pacific Ocean
Aega psora		Atlantic Ocean and Wester
Aega rickbruscai		Western Pacific	5 TL
Aega rosacea		France (Mediterranean).
Aega semicarinata		Southeast Pacific and Ant
Aega sheni		Indo-West Pacific.
Aega symmetrica		Alaska, USA.
Aega trulla		Western Central Pacific
Aega umpara		Indo-West Pacific
Aega urotoma		Indo-West Pacific
Aega vigilans		Western Central Pacific
Aega warna		Indo-West Pacific
Aegapheles kixalles		Western Central Pacific.
Aegapheles musorstom		Western Central Pacific.
Aegapheles rickbruscai		Western Central Pacific.
Aegiochus antarctica		Antarctic
Alitropus typus		Eastern Indian Ocean
Rocinela americana		Maine, USA.
Rocinela angustata		Japan.
Rocinela belliceps		Washington, USA.
Rocinela cornuta		Northeast Pacific
Rocinela damnoniensis		Northeast Atlantic
Rocinela danmoniensis		Northeast Atlantic
Rocinela dumerilii		Mediterranean Sea
Rocinela insularis		East Indies.
Rocinela orientalis		Indo-West Pacific.
Rocinela propodialis	Pink parasitic isopod	Eastern Pacific and North
Rocinela signata		Western Atlantic
Rocinela tuberculosa		Eastern Central Pacific
Syscenus infelix		Northwest Atlantic and th
Syscenus intermedius		Western Central Pacific.
Syscenus karu		Western Central Pacific.
Syscenus latus		Western Pacific
Syscenus moana		Western Central Pacific.
Syscenus pacificus		Western Pacific.
Syscenus peruanus		Southeast Pacific.

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