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Family: Gnathiidae (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 Bathygnathia bathybia []	No picture found Bathygnathia cardiocondyla []	No picture found Bathygnathia monodi []
No picture found Bathygnathia porca []	No picture found Bathygnathia tapinoma []	No picture found Bathygnathia vollenhovia []
No picture found Caecognathia akaroensis []	Caecognathia antarctica []	No picture found Caecognathia bicolor []
No picture found Caecognathia calva []	No picture found Caecognathia diacamma []	No picture found Caecognathia dolichoderus []
No picture found Caecognathia elongata []	No picture found Caecognathia floridensis []	No picture found Caecognathia gnamptogenys []
No picture found Caecognathia hodgsoni []	No picture found Caecognathia huberia []	No picture found Caecognathia leptanilla []
No picture found Caecognathia nieli []	No picture found Caecognathia pacifica []	No picture found Caecognathia polaris []
No picture found Caecognathia polythrix []	No picture found Caecognathia regalis []	No picture found Caecognathia sanctaecrucis []
No picture found Caecognathia stygia []	No picture found Caecognathia trachymesopus []	No picture found Elaphognathia froygattella []
Euneognathia gigas []	No picture found Gibbagnathia europalothrix []	No picture found Gnathia albescens []
No picture found Gnathia antarctica []	No picture found Gnathia arabica []	No picture found Gnathia arctica []
No picture found Gnathia australis []	No picture found Gnathia brachyuropus []	No picture found Gnathia camponotus []
No picture found Gnathia cerina []	No picture found Gnathia dentata []	No picture found Gnathia elongata []
No picture found Gnathia epopstruma []	No picture found Gnathia fallax []	No picture found Gnathia firingae []
No picture found Gnathia gurjanovae []	No picture found Gnathia indoinsularis []	No picture found Gnathia maxillaris []
No picture found Gnathia mystrium []	No picture found Gnathia nigrograndilaris []	No picture found Gnathia nkulu []
No picture found Gnathia notostigma []	No picture found Gnathia oxyuraea []	No picture found Gnathia prolasius []
No picture found Gnathia rathi []	No picture found Gnathia sifae []	No picture found Gnathia steveni []
No picture found Gnathia stigmacros []	No picture found Gnathia stygia []	No picture found Gnathia teissieri []
No picture found Gnathia tridens []	No picture found Gnathia trilobata []	No picture found Gnathia trimaculata []
No picture found Gnathia triospathiona []	No picture found Gnathia tuberculosa []	No picture found Gnathia vorax []
No picture found Monodgnathia colobostruma []	No picture found Paragnathia formica []	No picture found Tenerognathia visus []
No picture found Thaumastognathia diceros []	No picture found Thaumastognathia orectognathus []

68 Species of Family Gnathiidae
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Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Bathygnathia bathybia	Northeast Atlantic
Bathygnathia cardiocondyla	Indo-West Pacific
Bathygnathia monodi	Northeast Atlantic
Bathygnathia porca	Antarctic Indian Ocean
Bathygnathia tapinoma	Southwest Pacific
Bathygnathia vollenhovia	Indo-West Pacific
Caecognathia akaroensis	Southwest Pacific
Caecognathia antarctica	Southwest Pacific and Ant
Caecognathia bicolor	Northeast Atlantic and Ar
Caecognathia calva	Antarctic Atlantic.
Caecognathia diacamma	Eastern Indian Ocean
Caecognathia dolichoderus	Eastern Indian Ocean
Caecognathia elongata	Arctic and Northern Atlan
Caecognathia floridensis	Gulf of Mexico.
Caecognathia gnamptogenys	Eastern Indian Ocean
Caecognathia hodgsoni	High Antarctic Region.
Caecognathia huberia	Eastern Indian Ocean
Caecognathia leptanilla	Eastern Indian Ocean
Caecognathia nieli	Southwest Pacific	0.62 BL
Caecognathia pacifica	Southwest Pacific
Caecognathia polaris	High Antarctic Region.
Caecognathia polythrix	Southwest Pacific
Caecognathia regalis	Southwest Pacific
Caecognathia sanctaecrucis	S. California, USA.
Caecognathia stygia	Arctic and Northern Atlan
Caecognathia trachymesopus	Eastern Indian Ocean
Elaphognathia froygattella	Eastern Indian Ocean
Euneognathia gigas	Atlantic and Antarctic.
Gibbagnathia europalothrix	Eastern Indian Ocean
Gnathia albescens	Northeast Atlantic and th
Gnathia antarctica	Antarctic Atlantic
Gnathia arabica	Western Indian Ocean
Gnathia arctica	Northeast Atlantic and th
Gnathia australis	Western Central Pacific
Gnathia brachyuropus	Southwest Pacific
Gnathia camponotus	Eastern Indian Ocean
Gnathia cerina	Northwest Atlantic
Gnathia dentata	Hardanger Fjord and the C
Gnathia elongata	Arctic and Northwest Atla
Gnathia epopstruma	Eastern Indian Ocean
Gnathia fallax	Northeast Atlantic
Gnathia firingae	Western Indian Ocean
Gnathia gurjanovae	Northwest Pacific
Gnathia indoinsularis	Western Indian Ocean
Gnathia maxillaris	Cornwall and the Canadian
Gnathia mystrium	Eastern Indian Ocean
Gnathia nigrograndilaris	Western Central Pacific
Gnathia nkulu	Southeast Atlantic.
Gnathia notostigma	Eastern Indian Ocean
Gnathia oxyuraea	Arctic and Northwest Atla
Gnathia prolasius	Eastern Indian Ocean
Gnathia rathi	Western Central Atlantic
Gnathia sifae	Southwest Pacific	0.88 BL
Gnathia steveni	California, USA.
Gnathia stigmacros	Eastern Indian Ocean
Gnathia stygia	Northern Atlantic and the
Gnathia teissieri	Northeast Atlantic
Gnathia tridens	California, USA.
Gnathia trilobata	Coronado Canyon.
Gnathia trimaculata	Western Central Pacific
Gnathia triospathiona	Key West.
Gnathia tuberculosa	Antarctic Indian Ocean
Gnathia vorax	Mediterranean Sea
Monodgnathia colobostruma	Eastern Indian Ocean
Paragnathia formica	N.E. Atlantic.
Tenerognathia visus	Northwest Pacific.
Thaumastognathia diceros	Southwest Pacific
Thaumastognathia orectognathus	Eastern Indian Ocean

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