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Family: Arcturidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Acantharcturus brevipleon []	No picture found Arcturella bispinata []	No picture found Arcturella cornuta []
No picture found Arcturella lineata []	No picture found Arcturina psittacus []	No picture found Arcturus baffini []
No picture found Arcturus hastatus []	No picture found Arcturus longispinis []	No picture found Astacilla amblyura []
No picture found Astacilla arietina []	No picture found Astacilla bocagei []	No picture found Astacilla bonnieri []
No picture found Astacilla boreaphilis []	No picture found Astacilla caeca []	No picture found Astacilla cingulata []
No picture found Astacilla cymodocea []	No picture found Astacilla granulata []	No picture found Astacilla intermedia []
No picture found Astacilla lauffi []	Astacilla longicornis []	No picture found Astacilla marionis []
No picture found Astacilla pusilla []	No picture found Astacilla regina []	No picture found Austroarcturus laevis []
No picture found Chaetarcturus aculeatus []	No picture found Chaetarcturus adareanus []	No picture found Chaetarcturus crosnieri []
No picture found Chaetarcturus franklini []	Chaetarcturus longispinosus []	No picture found Dolichiscus acanthaspidus []
No picture found Dolichiscus anna []	No picture found Dolichiscus cornutus []	Dolichiscus diana []
Dolichiscus hiemalis []	No picture found Dolichiscus marinae []	Dolichiscus meridionalis []
No picture found Dolichiscus profundus []	Dolichiscus spinosetosus []	No picture found Dolichiscus studeri []
No picture found Dolichiscus subantarcticus []	No picture found Edwinjoycea horologium []	No picture found Fissarcturus bathyweddellensis []
No picture found Fissarcturus hirticornis []	No picture found Fissarcturus mawsoni []	No picture found Fissarcturus patagonicus []
No picture found Fissarcturus paxillaris []	No picture found Fissarcturus rossi []	No picture found Fissarcturus sandwichi []
No picture found Idarcturus hedgpethi []	No picture found Idarcturus trispinosus []	No picture found Litarcturus antarcticus []
Litarcturus granulosus []	No picture found Litarcturus lillei []	No picture found Litarcturus stebbingi []
No picture found Mixarcturus abnormis []	No picture found Mixarcturus acanthurus []	No picture found Neastacilla antipodea []
No picture found Neastacilla kerguelensis []	No picture found Neastacilla marionensis []	No picture found Neastacilla paralongipectus []
No picture found Neastacilla scabra []	No picture found Neastacilla spinifera []	No picture found Neastacilla tuberculata []
No picture found Oxyarcturus beliaevei []	No picture found Oxyarcturus spinosus []	No picture found Pleuroprion intermedium []
No picture found Pleuroprion murdochi []	Tuberarcturus belgicae []

68 Species of Family Arcturidae
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Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Acantharcturus brevipleon	Southwest Atlantic
Arcturella bispinata	Gulf of Mexico.
Arcturella cornuta	Northeast Atlantic
Arcturella lineata	Western Indian Ocean
Arcturina psittacus	Northwest Pacific
Arcturus baffini	Arctic and Northwest Atla
Arcturus hastatus	Northwest Pacific.
Arcturus longispinis	Northwest Pacific
Astacilla amblyura	Eastern Indian Ocean.
Astacilla arietina	Northeast Atlantic.
Astacilla bocagei	Northeast Atlantic.
Astacilla bonnieri	Mediterranean Sea
Astacilla boreaphilis	Northern Atlantic	1 BL
Astacilla caeca	Northern Atlantic.
Astacilla cingulata	Mediterranean Sea.
Astacilla cymodocea	Western Central Atlantic
Astacilla granulata	Northeast Atlantic.
Astacilla intermedia	Northeast Atlantic.
Astacilla lauffi	Georgia, USA.
Astacilla longicornis	Northeast Atlantic and th
Astacilla marionis	Antarctic Indian Ocean
Astacilla pusilla	Northeast Atlantic.
Astacilla regina	Western Central Atlantic
Austroarcturus laevis	Southeast Atlantic
Chaetarcturus aculeatus	Southwest Atlantic and th
Chaetarcturus adareanus	Antarctic.
Chaetarcturus crosnieri	Western Central Pacific
Chaetarcturus franklini	Antarctic Indian Ocean
Chaetarcturus longispinosus	Antarctic Atlantic.
Dolichiscus acanthaspidus	Antarctica.
Dolichiscus anna	Southwest Atlantic
Dolichiscus cornutus	Western Central Pacific
Dolichiscus diana	Antarctic Atlantic
Dolichiscus hiemalis	Antarctic.
Dolichiscus marinae	Southwest Atlantic
Dolichiscus meridionalis	Antarctic.
Dolichiscus profundus	Antarctic.
Dolichiscus spinosetosus	Antarctic Atlantic
Dolichiscus studeri	Antarctic Indian Ocean
Dolichiscus subantarcticus	Antarctic Indian Ocean
Edwinjoycea horologium	Gulf of Mexico.
Fissarcturus bathyweddellensis	Atlantic Antarctic
Fissarcturus hirticornis	Antarctic
Fissarcturus mawsoni	Antarctic Indian Ocean
Fissarcturus patagonicus	Southwest Atlantic
Fissarcturus paxillaris	Southwest Atlantic
Fissarcturus rossi	Pacific Antarctic
Fissarcturus sandwichi	Antarctic Atlantic
Idarcturus hedgpethi	Canada
Idarcturus trispinosus	Northwest Pacific
Litarcturus antarcticus	Antarctic
Litarcturus granulosus	Antarctic Atlantic.
Litarcturus lillei	Antarctic.
Litarcturus stebbingi	Antarctic Indian Ocean
Mixarcturus abnormis	Southwest Atlantic
Mixarcturus acanthurus	Antarctic
Neastacilla antipodea	Southwest Pacific
Neastacilla kerguelensis	Antarctic Indian Ocean
Neastacilla marionensis	Antarctic
Neastacilla paralongipectus	Northwest Pacific
Neastacilla scabra	Northwest Pacific.
Neastacilla spinifera	Northwest Pacific.
Neastacilla tuberculata	Southwest Pacific
Oxyarcturus beliaevei	Antarctic Indian Ocean
Oxyarcturus spinosus	Antarctic Indian Ocean
Pleuroprion intermedium	Northwest Pacific
Pleuroprion murdochi	Arctic Ocean
Tuberarcturus belgicae	Antarctic Atlantic.

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