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Family: Verrucidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Altiverruca cristallina []	No picture found Altiverruca erecta []	No picture found Altiverruca galapagosa []
No picture found Altiverruca gibbosa []	No picture found Altiverruca jonesae []	No picture found Altiverruca laeviscuta []
No picture found Altiverruca longicarinata []	No picture found Altiverruca navicula []	No picture found Altiverruca obliqua []
No picture found Altiverruca quadrangularis []	No picture found Altiverruca sulcata []	No picture found Brochiverruca crosnieri []
No picture found Brochiverruca polystriata []	No picture found Cameraverruca nodiscuta []	No picture found Costatoverruca alba []
No picture found Costatoverruca cornuta []	No picture found Costatoverruca floridana []	No picture found Gibbosaverruca nitida []
No picture found Gibbosaverruca rathbuni []	No picture found Metaverruca aequalis []	No picture found Metaverruca defayeae []
No picture found Metaverruca halotheca []	No picture found Metaverruca imbricata []	No picture found Metaverruca maclaughlinae []
No picture found Metaverruca norfolkensis []	No picture found Metaverruca pacifica []	No picture found Metaverruca plicata []
No picture found Metaverruca radiata []	No picture found Metaverruca recta []	No picture found Metaverruca sculpta []
No picture found Metaverruca trisulcata []	No picture found Newmaniverruca albatrossiana []	No picture found Newmaniverruca multicostata []
No picture found Rostratoverruca intexta []	No picture found Rostratoverruca koehleri []	No picture found Rostratoverruca kruegeri []
No picture found Rostratoverruca krugeri []	No picture found Rostratoverruca nexa []	No picture found Verruca caribbea []
No picture found Verruca cookei []	No picture found Verruca minuta []	No picture found Verruca spengleri []
No picture found Verruca stroemia []

43 Species of Family Verrucidae
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Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Altiverruca cristallina	Indo-West Pacific.
Altiverruca erecta	Eastern Atlantic.
Altiverruca galapagosa	Pacific Ocean
Altiverruca gibbosa	Circumglobal.
Altiverruca jonesae	Pacific Ocean
Altiverruca laeviscuta	Western Central Pacific
Altiverruca longicarinata	Northern Atlantic.
Altiverruca navicula	Pacific Ocean
Altiverruca obliqua	Eastern Atlantic.
Altiverruca quadrangularis	Atlantic and Western Cent
Altiverruca sulcata	Indo-West Pacific.
Brochiverruca crosnieri	Western Central Pacific
Brochiverruca polystriata	Western Central Pacific
Cameraverruca nodiscuta	Western Central Pacific
Costatoverruca alba	Western Atlantic Ocean.
Costatoverruca cornuta	Northeast Atlantic
Costatoverruca floridana	Western Atlantic Ocean.
Gibbosaverruca nitida	Indo-Pacific.
Gibbosaverruca rathbuni	Atlantic Ocean.
Metaverruca aequalis	Eastern Atlantic.
Metaverruca defayeae	Western Central Pacific
Metaverruca halotheca	Pacific Ocean
Metaverruca imbricata	Eastern Central Atlantic.
Metaverruca maclaughlinae	Western Central Pacific
Metaverruca norfolkensis	Western Central Pacific
Metaverruca pacifica	Western Central Pacific
Metaverruca plicata	Western Central Pacific
Metaverruca radiata	Eastern Central Atlantic.
Metaverruca recta	Circumglobal.
Metaverruca sculpta	Indo-Pacific.
Metaverruca trisulcata	Eastern Atlantic.
Newmaniverruca albatrossiana	Indo-West Pacific.
Newmaniverruca multicostata	Indo-West Pacific
Rostratoverruca intexta	Indo-West Pacific.
Rostratoverruca koehleri	Indo-West Pacific
Rostratoverruca kruegeri	Western Central Pacific
Rostratoverruca krugeri	Western Pacific
Rostratoverruca nexa	Southwest Atlantic
Verruca caribbea	Southwest Atlantic
Verruca cookei	Pacific Ocean.	0.3 WD
Verruca minuta	South West Atlantic.
Verruca spengleri	Atlantic Ocean and the Me
Verruca stroemia	Northeast Atlantic

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