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Family: Atlantidae atlantas (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Atlanta brunnea []	No picture found Atlanta californiensis []	No picture found Atlanta depressa []
No picture found Atlanta echinogyra []	No picture found Atlanta fragilis []	No picture found Atlanta gaudichaudi []
No picture found Atlanta helicinoidea []	No picture found Atlanta inclinata []	No picture found Atlanta inflata []
No picture found Atlanta lesueurii []	No picture found Atlanta meteori []	No picture found Atlanta peronii [Peron's sea butterfly]
No picture found Atlanta plana []	No picture found Atlanta pulchella []	No picture found Atlanta quoyii []
No picture found Atlanta tokiokai []	No picture found Atlanta turriculata []	No picture found Oxygyrus keraudrenii []
No picture found Protatlanta souleyeti []

19 Species of Family Atlantidae
(atlantas)

Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Atlanta brunnea		Indo-Pacific and Mediterr
Atlanta californiensis		Eastern Pacific
Atlanta depressa		Western Pacific
Atlanta echinogyra		Eastern Central Pacific
Atlanta fragilis		Mediterranean Sea.	0.3 DL
Atlanta gaudichaudi		Western Pacific.
Atlanta helicinoidea		Eastern Central Pacific,
Atlanta inclinata		Western Pacific, Atlantic	0.5 DL
Atlanta inflata		Pacific Ocean and the Med
Atlanta lesueurii		Pacific Ocean, Western At
Atlanta meteori		Eastern Central Pacific
Atlanta peronii	Peron's sea butterfly	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	1.1 DL
Atlanta plana		Eastern Central Pacific
Atlanta pulchella		Western Atlantic.	0.125 DL
Atlanta quoyii		Western Central Atlantic.
Atlanta tokiokai		Western Atlantic and Indo	0.45 DL
Atlanta turriculata		Pacific Ocean
Oxygyrus keraudrenii		Eastern Central Pacific,	1 DL
Protatlanta souleyeti		Pacific Ocean, Western At	0.2 DL

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