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Family: Enteroctopodidae (See list of species below)

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

Enteroctopus dofleini [North Pacific giant octopus]	No picture found Enteroctopus juttingi []	Enteroctopus magnificus [Southern giant octopus]
Enteroctopus megalocyathus [Patagonian giant octopus]	No picture found Enteroctopus membranaceus []	No picture found Enteroctopus zealandicus [Yellow octopus]
No picture found Muusoctopus abruptus []	Muusoctopus aegir []	No picture found Muusoctopus berryi []
No picture found Muusoctopus bizikovi []	No picture found Muusoctopus canthylus []	No picture found Muusoctopus clyderoperi []
No picture found Muusoctopus eureka []	No picture found Muusoctopus hokkaidensis []	Muusoctopus januarii [January octopus]
No picture found Muusoctopus johnsonianus []	Muusoctopus karubar [Karubar octopus]	No picture found Muusoctopus levis []
No picture found Muusoctopus longibrachus []	No picture found Muusoctopus oregonae []	No picture found Muusoctopus oregonensis []
No picture found Muusoctopus profundorum []	No picture found Muusoctopus pseudonymus []	No picture found Muusoctopus rigbyae []
No picture found Muusoctopus robustus []	No picture found Muusoctopus sibiricus []	No picture found Muusoctopus tangaroa []
No picture found Muusoctopus tegginmathae [Deepwater octopus]	No picture found Muusoctopus thielei []	No picture found Muusoctopus yaquinae []

30 Species of Family Enteroctopodidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Enteroctopus dofleini	North Pacific giant octopus	Indo-Pacific and Northwes	300 TL
Enteroctopus juttingi		Southeast Pacific.
Enteroctopus magnificus	Southern giant octopus	Southeast Atlantic	167 TL
Enteroctopus megalocyathus	Patagonian giant octopus	Southeast Pacific and Sou	109 TL
Enteroctopus membranaceus		Southeast Pacific.	8.5 DL
Enteroctopus zealandicus	Yellow octopus	Southwest Pacific	140 TL
Muusoctopus abruptus		Northwest Pacific
Muusoctopus aegir		Northeast Atlantic and th	5.2 ML
Muusoctopus berryi		Southeast Atlantic
Muusoctopus bizikovi		Southwest Atlantic
Muusoctopus canthylus		Northeast Pacific
Muusoctopus clyderoperi		Southwest Pacific
Muusoctopus eureka		Southwest Atlantic.
Muusoctopus hokkaidensis		Northern Pacific and the
Muusoctopus januarii	January octopus	Atlantic Ocean.	7 ML
Muusoctopus johnsonianus		Northeast Atlantic
Muusoctopus karubar	Karubar octopus	Western Central Pacific
Muusoctopus levis		Antarctic Ocean
Muusoctopus longibrachus		Southeast Pacific Ocean.
Muusoctopus oregonae		Western Central Atlantic
Muusoctopus oregonensis		Northeast Pacific
Muusoctopus profundorum		Northern Pacific and the
Muusoctopus pseudonymus		Eastern Atlantic.
Muusoctopus rigbyae		Antarctic peninsula
Muusoctopus robustus		Eastern Pacific	14.2 ML
Muusoctopus sibiricus		Arctic Ocean.
Muusoctopus tangaroa		Southwest Pacific
Muusoctopus tegginmathae	Deepwater octopus	Southwest Pacific
Muusoctopus thielei		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Muusoctopus yaquinae		Northeast Pacific.

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