Fish Identification

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Fish Identification

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Non-fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Bomolochidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Acanthocolax similis []	No picture found Acantholochus asperatus []	No picture found Acantholochus crevalleus []
No picture found Acantholochus divaricatus []	No picture found Bomolochus cuneatus []	No picture found Bomolochus megaceros []
No picture found Holobomolochus glyphisodontus []	No picture found Holobomolochus scutigerulus []	No picture found Holobomolochus vervoorti []
No picture found Nothobomolochus denticulatus []	No picture found Nothobomolochus gazzae []	No picture found Nothobomolochus ilhoikimi []
No picture found Nothobomolochus lizae []	No picture found Nothobomolochus quadriceros []	No picture found Orbitacolax hapalogenyos []
No picture found Pseudoeucanthus uniseriatus []	No picture found Pumiliopes jonesi []	No picture found Unicolax anonymous []
No picture found Unicolax collateralis []	No picture found Unicolax mycterobius []

20 Species of Family Bomolochidae
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Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Acanthocolax similis	Western Central Atlantic
Acantholochus asperatus	Western Atlantic Ocean.	1.8 TL
Acantholochus crevalleus	Western Central Atlantic.	0.15 TL
Acantholochus divaricatus	Western Atlantic	0.28 TL
Bomolochus cuneatus	Northeast Pacific
Bomolochus megaceros	Western Indian Ocean
Holobomolochus glyphisodontus	Western Central Atlantic
Holobomolochus scutigerulus	Western Central Atlantic
Holobomolochus vervoorti	Western Central Atlantic
Nothobomolochus denticulatus	Western Indian Ocean
Nothobomolochus gazzae	Western Indian Ocean
Nothobomolochus ilhoikimi	Western Indian Ocean
Nothobomolochus lizae	Western Indian Ocean
Nothobomolochus quadriceros	Western Indian Ocean
Orbitacolax hapalogenyos	Western Indian Ocean
Pseudoeucanthus uniseriatus	Western Central Atlantic
Pumiliopes jonesi	Western Central Pacific
Unicolax anonymous	Central Atlantic	0.1 TL
Unicolax collateralis	Central Atlantic and the	1.5 TL
Unicolax mycterobius	Western Central Atlantic,	0.26 TL

Other identification tools in SeaLifeBase

Quick Identification

Identification keys

Identification by morphometrics

Identification by pictures:

          If you already know the Family, go to Search SeaLifeBase, select Family and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in SeaLifeBase for the family.

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