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Family: Entalinidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Bathoxiphus ensiculus []	No picture found Bathoxiphus inexpectatus []	No picture found Bathoxiphus soyomaruae []
No picture found Bathoxiphus stanisici []	No picture found Bathoxiphus steineri []	No picture found Costentalina caymanica []
No picture found Costentalina elegans []	No picture found Costentalina indica []	No picture found Costentalina leptoconcha []
No picture found Costentalina pacifica []	No picture found Costentalina tuscarorae []	No picture found Costentalina vemae []
No picture found Entalina adenensis []	No picture found Entalina dorsicostata []	No picture found Entalina inaequisculpta []
No picture found Entalina mirifica []	No picture found Entalina platamodes []	No picture found Entalina quinquangularis []
No picture found Entalina subterlineata []	No picture found Entalina tetragona []	No picture found Entalinopsis callithrix [Nineside toothshell]
No picture found Entalinopsis habutae []	No picture found Entalinopsis intercostata []	No picture found Entalinopsis micra []
No picture found Entalinopsis stellata []	No picture found Heteroschismoides meridionalis []	No picture found Heteroschismoides subterfissus []
No picture found Pertusiconcha callithrix []	No picture found Pertusiconcha tridentata []	No picture found Rhomboxiphus colmani []
No picture found Rhomboxiphus tricarinatus []	No picture found Solenoxiphus striatulus []	No picture found Spadentalina ingrata []
No picture found Spadentalina tubiformis []

34 Species of Family Entalinidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Bathoxiphus ensiculus		Atlantic
Bathoxiphus inexpectatus		Indo-Pacific
Bathoxiphus soyomaruae		Indo-Pacific
Bathoxiphus stanisici		Western Central Pacific
Bathoxiphus steineri		Indo-Pacific
Costentalina caymanica		Western Atlantic; Caribbe
Costentalina elegans		Indo-Pacific
Costentalina indica		Indian Ocean
Costentalina leptoconcha		Eastern Pacific
Costentalina pacifica		Indo-Pacific
Costentalina tuscarorae		Indo-Pacific
Costentalina vemae		Western Atlantic
Entalina adenensis		Western Indian Ocean
Entalina dorsicostata		Indo-Pacific
Entalina inaequisculpta		Indo-Pacific
Entalina mirifica		Indo-Pacific
Entalina platamodes		Western Atlantic; Caribbe	1 TL
Entalina quinquangularis		Northeast Atlantic
Entalina subterlineata		Southeast Atlantic; Weste
Entalina tetragona		Eastern Atlantic; Mediter
Entalinopsis callithrix	Nineside toothshell	Western Central Atlantic
Entalinopsis habutae		Indo-Pacific
Entalinopsis intercostata		Indo-Pacific
Entalinopsis micra		Indo-Pacific
Entalinopsis stellata		Indo-Pacific
Heteroschismoides meridionalis		Western Atlantic.	1.4 DL
Heteroschismoides subterfissus		Western Atlantic	0.92 DL
Pertusiconcha callithrix		Eastern and Western Atlan	5.2 DL
Pertusiconcha tridentata		Indo-Pacific
Rhomboxiphus colmani		Indo-Pacific
Rhomboxiphus tricarinatus		Indo-Pacific
Solenoxiphus striatulus		Indo-Pacific
Spadentalina ingrata		Indo-Pacific
Spadentalina tubiformis		Indo-Pacific

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