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Family: Schizopathidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Abyssopathes lyra []	No picture found Abyssopathes lyriformis []	No picture found Alternatipathes alternata []
No picture found Bathypathes bayeri []	No picture found Bathypathes bifida []	No picture found Bathypathes conferta []
No picture found Bathypathes erotema []	No picture found Bathypathes patula [Patulous black coral]	No picture found Bathypathes platycaulus []
No picture found Bathypathes seculata []	No picture found Bathypathes tenuis []	No picture found Bathypathes thermophila []
No picture found Dendrobathypathes boutillieri [Boutillier's black coral]	No picture found Dendrobathypathes fragilis []	No picture found Dendrobathypathes grandis []
No picture found Dendrobathypathes isocrada []	No picture found Dendropathes bacotaylorae []	No picture found Lillipathes lilliei []
No picture found Lillipathes ritamariae []	No picture found Lillipathes wingi [Wing's black coral]	No picture found Parantipathes euantha []
No picture found Parantipathes helicosticha []	No picture found Parantipathes hirondelle [Hirondelle black coral]	No picture found Parantipathes laricides []
No picture found Parantipathes larix []	No picture found Parantipathes tetrasticha []	No picture found Parantipathes wolffi []
No picture found Saropathes margaritae []	No picture found Saropathes scoparia []	No picture found Schizopathes affinis []
No picture found Schizopathes amplispina []	No picture found Schizopathes crassa []	No picture found Stauropathes arctica [Arctic black coral]
No picture found Stauropathes punctata []	No picture found Stauropathes staurocrada []	No picture found Taxipathes recta []
No picture found Umbellapathes bipinnata []	No picture found Umbellapathes helioanthes []

38 Species of Family Schizopathidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution
Abyssopathes lyra		Indian Ocean and Atlantic
Abyssopathes lyriformis		Central Pacific, Antarcti
Alternatipathes alternata		Indo-Pacific, Western Cen
Bathypathes bayeri		Southeast Pacific
Bathypathes bifida		Antarctic
Bathypathes conferta		Northeast Pacific and Ant
Bathypathes erotema		Antarctica.
Bathypathes patula	Patulous black coral	Indo-Pacific and Atlantic
Bathypathes platycaulus		Southwest Pacific and the
Bathypathes seculata		Eastern Central Pacific
Bathypathes tenuis		Antarctic Pacific and Ind
Bathypathes thermophila		Western Indian Ocean
Dendrobathypathes boutillieri	Boutillier's black coral	Northern Pacific
Dendrobathypathes fragilis		Northwest Pacific
Dendrobathypathes grandis		Antarctic Atlantic
Dendrobathypathes isocrada		Australia and New Zealand
Dendropathes bacotaylorae		Eastern Central Pacific
Lillipathes lilliei		Western Pacific and Antar
Lillipathes ritamariae		Eastern Central Pacific
Lillipathes wingi	Wing's black coral	Northern Pacific
Parantipathes euantha		Northwest Pacific
Parantipathes helicosticha		Eastern Indian Ocean
Parantipathes hirondelle	Hirondelle black coral	Eastern Atlantic.
Parantipathes laricides		Western Central Pacific
Parantipathes larix		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Parantipathes tetrasticha		Western Atlantic.
Parantipathes wolffi		Western Central Atlantic
Saropathes margaritae		Western Central Atlantic
Saropathes scoparia		Southwest Pacific
Schizopathes affinis		Western Pacific and Atlan
Schizopathes amplispina		Western Indian Ocean
Schizopathes crassa		Atlantic Ocean and Easter
Stauropathes arctica	Arctic black coral	Northwest Atlantic
Stauropathes punctata		Eastern Central Pacific a
Stauropathes staurocrada		Western Central Pacific
Taxipathes recta		Southeast Atlantic
Umbellapathes bipinnata		Eastern Central Pacific
Umbellapathes helioanthes		Eastern Central Pacific

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