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Family: Vanikoridae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Berthais egregia []	No picture found Larsenia scalaroides []	No picture found Macromphalina adamsii []
No picture found Macromphalina apexplanum []	No picture found Macromphalina argentina []	No picture found Macromphalina canarreos []
No picture found Macromphalina diazmerlanoi []	No picture found Macromphalina floridana []	No picture found Macromphalina garcesi []
No picture found Macromphalina harryleei []	No picture found Macromphalina jibacoa []	No picture found Macromphalina lyrapintoae []
No picture found Macromphalina palmalitoris []	No picture found Macromphalina paradoxa []	No picture found Macromphalina pierrot []
No picture found Macromphalina redferni []	No picture found Macromphalina robertsoni []	No picture found Macromphalina susoi []
No picture found Macromphalina thompsoni []	No picture found Macromphalina worsfoldi []	No picture found Macromphalus abylensis []
No picture found Macromphalus thelacme []	No picture found Macrophalus pliciferus []	No picture found Megalomphalus azoneus []
No picture found Megalomphalus caro []	No picture found Megalomphalus disciformis []	No picture found Megalomphalus lamellosus []
No picture found Megalomphalus margaritae []	No picture found Megalomphalus millerae []	No picture found Megalomphalus petitianus []
No picture found Megalomphalus pilsbryi [Pilsbry's macromphaline]	No picture found Megalomphalus troudei []	No picture found Talassia dagueneti []
No picture found Tubiola subdisjuncta []	No picture found Vanikoro acuta []	No picture found Vanikoro cancellata [Cancellate vanikoro]
No picture found Vanikoro delicata []	No picture found Vanikoro disparilis []	No picture found Vanikoro distans []
No picture found Vanikoro fenestrata []	No picture found Vanikoro gueriniana []	Vanikoro helicoidea []
No picture found Vanikoro incertus []	No picture found Vanikoro ligata []	No picture found Vanikoro oxychone [West Indian vanikoro]
No picture found Vanikoro plicata []	No picture found Vanikoro striatus []	No picture found Vanikoro sulcatus []
No picture found Vanikoro wallacei []

49 Species of Family Vanikoridae
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Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Berthais egregia		Western Indian Ocean
Larsenia scalaroides		Atlantic Ocean.	0.19 DL
Macromphalina adamsii		Western Atlantic
Macromphalina apexplanum		Western Atlantic.	0.15 DL
Macromphalina argentina		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL
Macromphalina canarreos		Western Atlantic.	0.182 DL
Macromphalina diazmerlanoi		Western Atlantic.	0.49 DL
Macromphalina floridana		Western Central Atlantic	0.31 DL
Macromphalina garcesi		Western Atlantic.	0.25 DL
Macromphalina harryleei		Western Atlantic.	0.43 DL
Macromphalina jibacoa		Western Central Atlantic.	0.182 DL
Macromphalina lyrapintoae		Western Atlantic.
Macromphalina palmalitoris		Western Central Atlantic	0.29 DL
Macromphalina paradoxa		Western Atlantic.	0.23 DL
Macromphalina pierrot		Western Central Atlantic	0.32 DL
Macromphalina redferni		Western Atlantic.	0.55 DL
Macromphalina robertsoni		Western Atlantic.	0.23 DL
Macromphalina susoi		Western Central Atlantic	0.32 DL
Macromphalina thompsoni		Western Atlantic.	0.26 DL
Macromphalina worsfoldi		Western Atlantic.	0.17 DL
Macromphalus abylensis		Mediterranean Sea.
Macromphalus thelacme		Western Indian Ocean.
Macrophalus pliciferus		Western Central Pacific
Megalomphalus azoneus		Mediterranean Sea.
Megalomphalus caro		Western Atlantic.	0.12 DL
Megalomphalus disciformis		Mediterranean Sea.
Megalomphalus lamellosus		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL
Megalomphalus margaritae		Western Central Atlantic.
Megalomphalus millerae		Western Atlantic.	0.55 DL
Megalomphalus petitianus		Mediterranean Sea.
Megalomphalus pilsbryi	Pilsbry's macromphaline	Western Central Atlantic.	0.63 DL
Megalomphalus troudei		Western Atlantic.	0.28 DL
Talassia dagueneti		Mediterranean Sea.
Tubiola subdisjuncta		Western Indian Ocean
Vanikoro acuta		Central Pacific
Vanikoro cancellata	Cancellate vanikoro	Central Pacific.
Vanikoro delicata		Eastern Central Pacific
Vanikoro disparilis		Eastern Central Pacific
Vanikoro distans		Central Pacific	1 ShH
Vanikoro fenestrata		Western Pacific. Tropica
Vanikoro gueriniana		Indo-Pacific.
Vanikoro helicoidea		Western Central Pacific
Vanikoro incertus		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL
Vanikoro ligata		Eastern Central Pacific
Vanikoro oxychone	West Indian vanikoro	Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL
Vanikoro plicata		Indo-Pacific
Vanikoro striatus		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL
Vanikoro sulcatus		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL
Vanikoro wallacei		Southwest Pacific

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