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Family: Monhysteridae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Amphimonhystera anechma []	No picture found Cobbia trefusiaeformis []	No picture found Diplolaimella ocellata []
No picture found Diplolaimella punicea []	No picture found Diplolaimelloides altherri []	No picture found Diplolaimelloides deconincki []
No picture found Echinotheristus cimbricus []	No picture found Echinotheristus teutonicus []	No picture found Gammarinema gammari []
No picture found Gammarinema ligiae []	No picture found Gonionchus villosus []	No picture found Halomonhystera hermesi []
No picture found Metadesmolaimus aduncus []	No picture found Metadesmolaimus hamatus []	No picture found Metadesmolaimus labiosetosus []
No picture found Metadesmolaimus pandus []	No picture found Metadesmolaimus tersus []	No picture found Monhystera disjuncta []
No picture found Monhystera elegantula []	No picture found Monhystera filicaudata []	No picture found Monhystera filiformis []
No picture found Monhystera islandica []	No picture found Monhystera luisae []	No picture found Monhystera macquariensis []
No picture found Monhystera macramphis []	No picture found Monhystera microphthalma []	No picture found Monhystera multisetosa []
No picture found Monhystera parasimplex []	No picture found Monhystera parva []	No picture found Monhystera refringens []
No picture found Monhystera septentrionalis []	No picture found Monhystera similis []	No picture found Monhystera socialis []
No picture found Monhystera somereni []	No picture found Monhystera trichura []	No picture found Paramonohystera elliptica []
No picture found Paramonohystera pellucida []	No picture found Promonhystera faber []	No picture found Rhynchonema lyngei []
No picture found Rhynchonema scutatum []	No picture found Theristus acer []	No picture found Theristus otoplanobius []
No picture found Theristus problematicus []

43 Species of Family Monhysteridae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Amphimonhystera anechma		Northeast Atlantic
Cobbia trefusiaeformis		Northeast Atlantic
Diplolaimella ocellata		Northeast Atlantic
Diplolaimella punicea		Northeast Atlantic
Diplolaimelloides altherri		Northeast Atlantic
Diplolaimelloides deconincki		Northeast Atlantic
Echinotheristus cimbricus		Northeast Atlantic
Echinotheristus teutonicus		Northeast Atlantic
Gammarinema gammari		Northeast Atlantic
Gammarinema ligiae		Northeast Atlantic
Gonionchus villosus		Northeast Atlantic
Halomonhystera hermesi		Northeast Atlantic
Metadesmolaimus aduncus		Northeast Atlantic
Metadesmolaimus hamatus		Northeast Atlantic
Metadesmolaimus labiosetosus		Northeast Atlantic
Metadesmolaimus pandus		Northeast Atlantic
Metadesmolaimus tersus		Northeast Atlantic
Monhystera disjuncta		Northeast Atlantic
Monhystera elegantula		Northeast Atlantic
Monhystera filicaudata		Northeast Atlantic
Monhystera filiformis		Northeast Atlantic
Monhystera islandica		Northeast Atlantic
Monhystera luisae		Northeast Atlantic
Monhystera macquariensis		Northeast Atlantic
Monhystera macramphis		Northeast Atlantic
Monhystera microphthalma		Northeast Atlantic
Monhystera multisetosa		Northeast Atlantic
Monhystera parasimplex		Northeast Atlantic
Monhystera parva		Northwest Atlantic.
Monhystera refringens		Northwest Pacific and Nor
Monhystera septentrionalis		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Monhystera similis		Northeast Atlantic
Monhystera socialis		Northeast Atlantic
Monhystera somereni		Southeast Pacific
Monhystera trichura		Northeast Atlantic
Paramonohystera elliptica		Northeast Atlantic
Paramonohystera pellucida		Northeast Atlantic
Promonhystera faber		Northeast Atlantic
Rhynchonema lyngei		Northeast Atlantic
Rhynchonema scutatum		Northeast Atlantic
Theristus acer		Northeast Atlantic
Theristus otoplanobius		Northeast Atlantic
Theristus problematicus		Northeast Atlantic

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