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Family: Rhopalomeniidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Entonomenia atlantica []	No picture found Entonomenia carinata []	No picture found Entonomenia cristata []
No picture found Entonomenia rhynchopharyngeata []	No picture found Entonomenia tricarinata []	No picture found Pruvotia sopita []
No picture found Rhopalomenia aglaopheniae []	No picture found Rhopalomenia glandulosa []	No picture found Rhopalomenia sertulariicola []
No picture found Urgorria compostelana []	No picture found Urgorria monoplicata []

11 Species of Family Rhopalomeniidae
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Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Entonomenia atlantica	Eastern Atlantic
Entonomenia carinata	Western Atlantic.
Entonomenia cristata	Western Atlantic.
Entonomenia rhynchopharyngeata	Western Atlantic.
Entonomenia tricarinata	Western Atlantic.
Pruvotia sopita	Mediterranean Sea.
Rhopalomenia aglaopheniae	Northeast Atlantic and th
Rhopalomenia glandulosa	Northeast Atlantic	1.5 BASL
Rhopalomenia sertulariicola	Western Atlantic.
Urgorria compostelana	Northeast Atlantic
Urgorria monoplicata	Mediterranean Sea.

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