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Family: Branchiostomidae (See list of species below)

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

Asymmetron inferum []	Asymmetron lucayanum []	No picture found Branchiostoma africae []
No picture found Branchiostoma arabiae []	Branchiostoma belcheri []	No picture found Branchiostoma bennetti []
No picture found Branchiostoma bermudae []	Branchiostoma californiense []	No picture found Branchiostoma caribaeum []
No picture found Branchiostoma elongatum []	Branchiostoma floridae []	No picture found Branchiostoma indicum []
No picture found Branchiostoma japonicum [Japanese lancelet]	Branchiostoma lanceolatum []	No picture found Branchiostoma leonense []
No picture found Branchiostoma longirostrum [Shellhash lancelet]	No picture found Branchiostoma malayanum []	No picture found Branchiostoma minucauda []
No picture found Branchiostoma mortonense []	No picture found Branchiostoma nigeriense []	No picture found Branchiostoma platae []
No picture found Branchiostoma senegalense []	No picture found Branchiostoma tattersalli []	No picture found Branchiostoma virginiae []
No picture found Epigonichthys australis []	No picture found Epigonichthys bassanus []	No picture found Epigonichthys cingalensis []
Epigonichthys cultellus []	No picture found Epigonichthys hectori []	No picture found Epigonichthys maldivensis []

30 Species of Family Branchiostomidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Asymmetron inferum		Northwest Pacific
Asymmetron lucayanum		Atlantic and Indo-West Pa	2.8 TL
Branchiostoma africae		Eastern Central Atlantic
Branchiostoma arabiae		Western Indian Ocean.	4.05 TL
Branchiostoma belcheri		Indo-West Pacific	5.5 TL
Branchiostoma bennetti		Western Central Atlantic	3.37 TL
Branchiostoma bermudae		Western Central Atlantic
Branchiostoma californiense		Eastern Central Pacific a
Branchiostoma caribaeum		Western Central Atlantic
Branchiostoma elongatum		Southeast Pacific.
Branchiostoma floridae		Western Central Atlantic
Branchiostoma indicum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Branchiostoma japonicum	Japanese lancelet	Northwest Pacific	5 TL
Branchiostoma lanceolatum		Northeast Atlantic, Weste
Branchiostoma leonense		Eastern Central Atlantic
Branchiostoma longirostrum	Shellhash lancelet	Western Central Pacific
Branchiostoma malayanum		Indo-West Pacific.	3.7 TL
Branchiostoma minucauda		Indo-West Pacific	5.5 TL
Branchiostoma mortonense		Indo-West Pacific	2.9 TL
Branchiostoma nigeriense		Eastern Central Atlantic
Branchiostoma platae		Southwest Atlantic
Branchiostoma senegalense		Eastern Central Atlantic
Branchiostoma tattersalli		Indo-West Pacific
Branchiostoma virginiae		Atlantic Ocean
Epigonichthys australis		Southwest Pacific	2.5 TL
Epigonichthys bassanus		Southwest Pacific	4.4 TL
Epigonichthys cingalensis		Western Indian Ocean
Epigonichthys cultellus		Indo-West Pacific	3.4 TL
Epigonichthys hectori		Southwest Pacific	2.18 TL
Epigonichthys maldivensis		Indo-West Pacific	2.6 TL

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