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Family: Abylidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Abyla bicarinata []	No picture found Abyla carina []	No picture found Abyla haeckeli []
No picture found Abyla ingeborgae []	No picture found Abyla peruana []	No picture found Abyla schmidti []
No picture found Abyla trigona []	No picture found Abylopsis eschscholtzi []	No picture found Abylopsis tetragona []
No picture found Ceratocymba dentata []	No picture found Ceratocymba leuckartii []	No picture found Ceratocymba sagittata []
No picture found Enneagonum hyalinum []

13 Species of Family Abylidae
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Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Abyla bicarinata	Atlantic and Pacific Ocea
Abyla carina	Western Pacific
Abyla haeckeli	Pacific Ocean and Atlanti
Abyla ingeborgae	Western Pacific
Abyla peruana	Western Pacific
Abyla schmidti	Western Pacific
Abyla trigona	Atlantic and Pacific Ocea
Abylopsis eschscholtzi	Indo-Pacific and Atlantic
Abylopsis tetragona	Pacific Ocean, Atlantic O
Ceratocymba dentata	Southwest Atlantic
Ceratocymba leuckartii	Pacific Ocean, Atlantic O
Ceratocymba sagittata	Western Atlantic
Enneagonum hyalinum	Pacific Ocean, Atlantic O	1.5 WD

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