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Family: Euphausiidae (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Euphausia americana []	No picture found Euphausia brevis []	Euphausia crystallorophias [Ice krill]
No picture found Euphausia diomedeae []	No picture found Euphausia distinguenda []	No picture found Euphausia eximia []
No picture found Euphausia fallax []	No picture found Euphausia frigida [Pygmy krill]	No picture found Euphausia gibba []
No picture found Euphausia gibboides []	No picture found Euphausia hanseni []	No picture found Euphausia hemigibba []
No picture found Euphausia krohnii []	No picture found Euphausia lamelligera []	No picture found Euphausia longirostris []
No picture found Euphausia lucens []	No picture found Euphausia mucronata []	No picture found Euphausia mutica []
No picture found Euphausia nana []	No picture found Euphausia pacifica [Isada krill]	No picture found Euphausia paragibba []
No picture found Euphausia pseudogibba []	No picture found Euphausia recurva []	No picture found Euphausia sanzoi []
No picture found Euphausia sibogae []	No picture found Euphausia similis []	No picture found Euphausia spinifera []
Euphausia superba [Antarctic krill]	No picture found Euphausia tenera []	No picture found Euphausia triacantha [Spiny krill]
No picture found Euphausia vallentini []	Meganyctiphanes norvegica [Norwegian krill]	No picture found Nematobrachion boopis []
No picture found Nematobrachion flexipes []	No picture found Nematobrachion sexspinosum []	No picture found Nematoscelis atlantica []
No picture found Nematoscelis difficilis []	No picture found Nematoscelis gracilis []	No picture found Nematoscelis lobata []
No picture found Nematoscelis megalops []	No picture found Nematoscelis microps []	No picture found Nematoscelis tenella []
No picture found Nyctiphanes australis []	No picture found Nyctiphanes capensis []	No picture found Nyctiphanes couchii []
No picture found Nyctiphanes simplex []	No picture found Pseudeuphausia latifrons []	No picture found Pseudeuphausia sinica []
No picture found Stylocheiron abbreviatum []	No picture found Stylocheiron affine []	No picture found Stylocheiron armatum []
No picture found Stylocheiron carinatum []	No picture found Stylocheiron elongatum []	No picture found Stylocheiron insulare []
No picture found Stylocheiron longicorne []	No picture found Stylocheiron maximum []	No picture found Stylocheiron microphthalma []
No picture found Stylocheiron robustum []	No picture found Stylocheiron suhmi []	No picture found Tessarabrachion oculatum []
No picture found Thysanoessa gregaria []	No picture found Thysanoessa inermis []	No picture found Thysanoessa inspinata []
No picture found Thysanoessa longicaudata []	No picture found Thysanoessa longipes []	No picture found Thysanoessa macrura []
No picture found Thysanoessa parva []	No picture found Thysanoessa raschii []	No picture found Thysanoessa spinifera []
No picture found Thysanoessa vicina []	No picture found Thysanopoda acutifrons []	No picture found Thysanopoda aegualis []
No picture found Thysanopoda aequalis []	No picture found Thysanopoda astylata []	No picture found Thysanopoda cornuta []
No picture found Thysanopoda cristata []	No picture found Thysanopoda egregia []	No picture found Thysanopoda microphthalma []
No picture found Thysanopoda monacantha []	No picture found Thysanopoda obtusifrons []	No picture found Thysanopoda orientalis []
No picture found Thysanopoda pectinata []	No picture found Thysanopoda spinicaudata []	No picture found Thysanopoda tricuspidata []

84 Species of Family Euphausiidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Euphausia americana		Cosmopolitan.
Euphausia brevis		Pacific Ocean and Western	1 TL
Euphausia crystallorophias	Ice krill	Circum-Antarctic.	4.15 TL
Euphausia diomedeae		Indo-Pacific.	1.75 TL
Euphausia distinguenda		Pacific Ocean.	0.85 TL
Euphausia eximia		Eastern Pacific.	2 TL
Euphausia fallax		Western Central Pacific
Euphausia frigida	Pygmy krill	Southwest Atlantic and An	2.65 TL
Euphausia gibba		Southern Pacific.
Euphausia gibboides		Cosmopolitan.	2.7 TL
Euphausia hanseni		Antarctic Ocean.
Euphausia hemigibba		Cosmopolitan.	1.65 TL
Euphausia krohnii		Central Atlantic.
Euphausia lamelligera		Eastern Pacific.	1.1 TL
Euphausia longirostris		Antarctic Atlantic.
Euphausia lucens		Antarctic and Southeast P	2.06 TL
Euphausia mucronata		Southeast Pacific
Euphausia mutica		Pacific Ocean	1.5 TL
Euphausia nana		Northwest Pacific	2.4 TL
Euphausia pacifica	Isada krill	Pacific Ocean. Subtropic	2.2 TL
Euphausia paragibba		Pacific Ocean.	1.6 TL
Euphausia pseudogibba		Indo-Pacific and Atlantic	1.4 TL
Euphausia recurva		Indo-Pacific and the Atla	1.7 TL
Euphausia sanzoi		Indo-West Pacific
Euphausia sibogae		Western Indian Ocean
Euphausia similis		Pacific Ocean	2.6 TL
Euphausia spinifera		Pacific.
Euphausia superba	Antarctic krill	Circumpolar in the Southe	3 TL
Euphausia tenera		Cosmopolitan.	0.9 TL
Euphausia triacantha	Spiny krill	Antarctic Ocean.	4.15 TL
Euphausia vallentini		Antarctic and Southeast P
Meganyctiphanes norvegica	Norwegian krill	Arctic, Atlantic and the	4 TL
Nematobrachion boopis		Cosmopolitan.	2.1 TL
Nematobrachion flexipes		Cosmopolitan.	2.3 TL
Nematobrachion sexspinosum		Eastern Pacific and Centr	2.5 TL
Nematoscelis atlantica		Cosmopolitan.	1.5 TL
Nematoscelis difficilis		Eastern Pacific	2.5 TL
Nematoscelis gracilis		Indo-Pacific.	1.55 TL
Nematoscelis lobata		Western Central Pacific
Nematoscelis megalops		Indo-Pacific and the Atla
Nematoscelis microps		Cosmopolitan.	2 TL
Nematoscelis tenella		Cosmopolitan.	2.1 TL
Nyctiphanes australis		Southwest Pacific
Nyctiphanes capensis		Western Indian Ocean
Nyctiphanes couchii		Mediterranean and Northea
Nyctiphanes simplex		Eastern Pacific.	1.6 TL
Pseudeuphausia latifrons		Indo-West Pacific.	0.9 TL
Pseudeuphausia sinica		Northwest Pacific
Stylocheiron abbreviatum		Cosmopolitan.	1.6 TL
Stylocheiron affine		Cosmopolitan.	0.8 TL
Stylocheiron armatum		Western Indian Ocean
Stylocheiron carinatum		Cosmopolitan.	1.2 TL
Stylocheiron elongatum		Cosmopolitan.	1.6 TL
Stylocheiron insulare		Pacific and the Atlantic.
Stylocheiron longicorne		Cosmopolitan.	1.3 TL
Stylocheiron maximum		Cosmopolitan.	3 TL
Stylocheiron microphthalma		Indo-West Pacific.	0.7 TBW
Stylocheiron robustum		Pacific.
Stylocheiron suhmi		Indo-Pacific.	0.68 TL
Tessarabrachion oculatum		Pacific.	2.6 TL
Thysanoessa gregaria		Pacific Ocean.	1.6 TL
Thysanoessa inermis		Pacific Ocean, Northeast	3.2 TL
Thysanoessa inspinata		Northern Pacific	2.32 TL
Thysanoessa longicaudata		Northeast Atlantic and th
Thysanoessa longipes		Arctic, Indo-Pacific and	3 TL
Thysanoessa macrura		Circumpolar.
Thysanoessa parva		Pacific.	1.05 TL
Thysanoessa raschii		Pacific Ocean, Northeast	2.5 TL
Thysanoessa spinifera		Pacific Ocean
Thysanoessa vicina		Antarctic Ocean.
Thysanopoda acutifrons		Pacific and southwest Atl	5 TL
Thysanopoda aegualis		Northwest Pacific
Thysanopoda aequalis		Cosmopolitan.	2 TL
Thysanopoda astylata		Indo-Pacific.
Thysanopoda cornuta		Pacific Ocean.	9.5 TL
Thysanopoda cristata		Pacific and western centr	4.8 TL
Thysanopoda egregia		Cosmopolitan.	6.2 TL
Thysanopoda microphthalma		Northern Atlantic.
Thysanopoda monacantha		Cosmopolitan.	3.2 TL
Thysanopoda obtusifrons		Pacific, western Indian a
Thysanopoda orientalis		Cosmopolitan.	3.8 TL
Thysanopoda pectinata		Indo-Pacific and the Atla	4.4 TL
Thysanopoda spinicaudata		Eastern central Pacific.
Thysanopoda tricuspidata		Indo-Pacific and the Atla	2.2 TL

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