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Family: Pliciloricidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Pliciloricus corvus []	No picture found Pliciloricus dubius []	No picture found Pliciloricus enigmaticus []
No picture found Pliciloricus gracilis []	No picture found Pliciloricus hadalis []	No picture found Pliciloricus leocaudatus []
No picture found Pliciloricus orphanus []	No picture found Pliciloricus pedicularis []	No picture found Pliciloricus profundus []
No picture found Pliciloricus senicirrus []	No picture found Pliciloricus shukeri []	No picture found Rugiloricus carolinensis []
No picture found Rugiloricus cauliculus []	No picture found Rugiloricus ornatus []	No picture found Rugiloricus polaris []
No picture found Titaniloricus inexpectatovus []

16 Species of Family Pliciloricidae
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Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Pliciloricus corvus	Eastern Central Atlantic.
Pliciloricus dubius	Western Central Pacific
Pliciloricus enigmaticus	Western Central Atlantic
Pliciloricus gracilis	Western Central Atlantic
Pliciloricus hadalis	Northwest Pacific
Pliciloricus leocaudatus	Northeast Atlantic
Pliciloricus orphanus	Western Central Atlantic
Pliciloricus pedicularis	Southeast Atlantic
Pliciloricus profundus	Western Central Pacific
Pliciloricus senicirrus	Eastern Central Atlantic.
Pliciloricus shukeri	Northeast Atlantic
Rugiloricus carolinensis	Atlantic Ocean
Rugiloricus cauliculus	Atlantic Ocean
Rugiloricus ornatus	Western Central Atlantic
Rugiloricus polaris	Arctic Sea	0.0215 TL
Titaniloricus inexpectatovus	Southeast Atlantic

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