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Family: Aphanipathidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Acanthopathes hancocki []	No picture found Acanthopathes humilis []	No picture found Acanthopathes somervillei []
No picture found Acanthopathes thyoides []	No picture found Acanthopathes undulata []	No picture found Aphanipathes abietina []
No picture found Aphanipathes humilis []	No picture found Aphanipathes pedata []	No picture found Aphanipathes salix []
No picture found Aphanipathes sarothamnoides []	No picture found Aphanipathes thyroides []	No picture found Aphanipathes verticillata []
No picture found Asteriopathes arachniformis []	No picture found Asteriopathes colini []	No picture found Distichopathes disticha []
No picture found Elatopathes abietina []	No picture found Phanopathes cancellata []	No picture found Phanopathes expansa []
No picture found Phanopathes rigida []	No picture found Pteridopathes pinnata []	No picture found Pteridopathes tanycrada []
No picture found Rhipidipathes colombiana []	No picture found Rhipidipathes reticulata []	No picture found Tetrapathes alata []

24 Species of Family Aphanipathidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Acanthopathes hancocki		Western Indian Ocean
Acanthopathes humilis		Western Central Atlantic
Acanthopathes somervillei		Indo-West Pacific
Acanthopathes thyoides		Western Central Atlantic
Acanthopathes undulata		Pacific Ocean
Aphanipathes abietina		Western Atlantic
Aphanipathes humilis		Western Atlantic.
Aphanipathes pedata		Western Atlantic
Aphanipathes salix		Western Central Atlantic.
Aphanipathes sarothamnoides		Pacific Ocean
Aphanipathes thyroides		Western Atlantic.
Aphanipathes verticillata		Western Indian Ocean
Asteriopathes arachniformis		Western Central Pacific
Asteriopathes colini		Western Central Pacific
Distichopathes disticha		Western Central Atlantic
Elatopathes abietina		Western Central Atlantic.
Phanopathes cancellata		Indo-Pacific.
Phanopathes expansa		Western Atlantic
Phanopathes rigida		Western Central Atlantic
Pteridopathes pinnata		Western Central Pacific
Pteridopathes tanycrada		Western Central Pacific.
Rhipidipathes colombiana		Western Central Atlantic
Rhipidipathes reticulata		Western Central Pacific
Tetrapathes alata		Indo-Pacific.

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