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Family: Dotidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Doto acuta []	No picture found Doto amyra [Hammerhead Doto]	Doto antarctica []
No picture found Doto cabecar []	No picture found Doto caramella []	No picture found Doto carinova []
No picture found Doto cervicenigra []	No picture found Doto chica []	No picture found Doto cindyneutes []
No picture found Doto columbiana [British Columbia Doto]	Doto coronata [Crown Doto]	No picture found Doto crassicornis []
No picture found Doto cuspidata []	No picture found Doto divae []	No picture found Doto doerga []
No picture found Doto duao []	No picture found Doto dunnei []	No picture found Doto eireana []
No picture found Doto escatllari []	No picture found Doto floridicola []	No picture found Doto formosa []
No picture found Doto fragaria []	Doto fragilis []	No picture found Doto furva []
No picture found Doto hydrallmaniae []	No picture found Doto hystrix []	No picture found Doto kekoldi []
Doto koenneckeri [Doto nudibranch]	No picture found Doto kya [Dark doto]	No picture found Doto lancei [Lance's Doto]
No picture found Doto lemchei []	No picture found Doto leopardina []	No picture found Doto maculata []
No picture found Doto millbayana []	No picture found Doto onusta []	No picture found Doto ostenta [Display Doto]
No picture found Doto paulinae []	No picture found Doto pinnatifida []	No picture found Doto pita [Small Doto]
No picture found Doto pontica []	No picture found Doto proranao []	No picture found Doto pygmaea []
No picture found Doto rosea []	No picture found Doto sabuli []	No picture found Doto sarsiae []
No picture found Doto torrelavega []	No picture found Doto tuberculata []	No picture found Doto umia []
No picture found Doto unguis []	No picture found Doto uva [Small grape sea slug]	No picture found Doto varaderoensis []
No picture found Doto varians []	No picture found Doto wildei []	No picture found Miesea evelinae []

54 Species of Family Dotidae
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Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Doto acuta		Mediterranean Sea.
Doto amyra	Hammerhead Doto	Eastern Pacific.	1.4 TL
Doto antarctica		Antarctic.
Doto cabecar		Western Atlantic.	1.4 DL
Doto caramella		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL
Doto carinova		Antarctic Atlantic
Doto cervicenigra		Mediterranean Sea.
Doto chica		Western Atlantic.	1 DL
Doto cindyneutes		Northeast Atlantic
Doto columbiana	British Columbia Doto	Eastern Pacific. Subtrop	1.2 TL
Doto coronata	Crown Doto	Atlantic Ocean and the Me	1.5 DL
Doto crassicornis		Northeast Atlantic
Doto cuspidata		Northeast Atlantic and th
Doto divae		Western Atlantic.	1 DL
Doto doerga		Western Atlantic
Doto duao		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL
Doto dunnei		Northeast Atlantic and th
Doto eireana		Northeast Atlantic.
Doto escatllari		Atlantic Ocean.	0.45 DL
Doto floridicola		Mediterranean Sea.
Doto formosa		Western Atlantic
Doto fragaria		Mediterranean Sea.
Doto fragilis		Northeast Atlantic.
Doto furva		Mediterranean Sea.
Doto hydrallmaniae		Northeast Atlantic
Doto hystrix		Northeast Atlantic
Doto kekoldi		Western Atlantic.	1.2 DL
Doto koenneckeri	Doto nudibranch	Northeast Atlantic and th
Doto kya	Dark doto	Indo-Pacific. Subtropica	1 TL
Doto lancei	Lance's Doto	Eastern Pacific.	1 TL
Doto lemchei		Northeast Atlantic.
Doto leopardina		Mediterranean Sea.
Doto maculata		Northeast Atlantic
Doto millbayana		Northeast Atlantic.
Doto onusta		Northeast Atlantic
Doto ostenta	Display Doto	Indo-West Pacific
Doto paulinae		Mediterranean Sea.
Doto pinnatifida		Eastern Atlantic and West
Doto pita	Small Doto	Western Atlantic and Indo	0.7 DL
Doto pontica		Mediterranean Sea.
Doto proranao		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL
Doto pygmaea		Atlantic Ocean.	1 DL
Doto rosea		Mediterranean
Doto sabuli		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL
Doto sarsiae		Northeast Atlantic
Doto torrelavega		Western Atlantic.	1 DL
Doto tuberculata		Northeast Atlantic
Doto umia		Western Atlantic.	1 DL
Doto unguis		Mediterranean Sea.
Doto uva	Small grape sea slug	Southeast Pacific and Wes	1.1 DL
Doto varaderoensis		Western Atlantic.	1 DL
Doto varians		Eastern Central Pacific
Doto wildei		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL
Miesea evelinae		Western Atlantic	0.3 DL

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